
From the good old days before a polio vaccine
10 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Escape, vaccines

Labour market floods are the best evidence that jobs are always available
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags: economics of immigration
How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition
Timelapse of the most popular web browser by country since 2008
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: creative destruction
J.D. Vance on Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis – Full interview
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: success sequence
The Ancient Roman Helmet’s evolution explained
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history Tags: Roman empire
A Conversation with Gary Becker: The Future of US Economic Policy
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, Gary Becker, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA
Johan Norberg: The Truth about Swedish Socialism
05 Jun 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economic history, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: growth of government, size of government, sweet
Italy | 100 Years of Beauty
05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: economics of beauty
The Great Enrichment
03 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, industrial organisation Tags: creative destruction, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact

This is everywhere these days
03 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of information Tags: Anti-Science left, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left

The bear is back – mapping Russian revanchism
03 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, law and economics Tags: economics of borders, maps, Russia
Risk of dying young down from 14% in 1970 to 5% in 2010. Chances of dying before 50 were 28% in 1970, but half that now
02 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics

Source: Richard Peto, Alan D. Lopez, Ole F. Norheim via https://www.businessinsider.com.au/whats-the-best-time-in-history-to-be-born-2014-9#F01rlibqsBS8JZAP.99
The Great Explorer – Ernest Shackleton
01 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: World War I


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