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It is successful immigration that stirs up populist opposition

04 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, labour economics, labour supply Tags: economics of immigration

So immigration is good for us economically, AND makes us vote for xenophobes. Neat.https://t.co/iIC9HcdaCe ht @m_clem pic.twitter.com/sGHYLnSLFV

— Justin Sandefur (@JustinSandefur) January 3, 2018

History According to Sociology Professors

01 Jan 2018 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history Tags: sociology, The Great Enrichment

Life expectancy in Korea, Chile, Mexico and Brazil has skyrocketed

30 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Escape

People can expect to live 10 years longer than in 1970. But interesting variation across developed countries. @OECD pic.twitter.com/CBMqBwj34w

— Paul Kirby (@paul1kirby) November 11, 2017

David Friedman on Hayek and Rothbard

27 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Adam Smith, Austrian economics, David Friedman, economic history, history of economic thought, law and economics Tags: economics of anarchy

French North America used to be very big as was for Spanish North America

26 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history

history of the entire world, i guess

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by Jim Rose in economic history

#OTD communism fell

26 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: fall of communism

End of the Soviet Union, today 1991, as reported in New York Times: pic.twitter.com/cbZduDvlD8

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 25, 2017

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: What Have We Learned from the Failure of British Socialism?

24 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, Public Choice Tags: economics of socialism, Margaret Thatcher

It took more than a bullet to stop Teddy Roosevelt

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#OTD USSR broke up

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by Jim Rose in economic history, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: fall of communism, Fall of USSR

#OTD 1991: In a final step signifying the dismemberment of the Soviet Union, 11 Soviet republics declare that they are forming the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). #ColdWarHist pic.twitter.com/jlvK38H1yp

— Politics & Contemporary History at Salford (@SalfordUni_PCH) December 21, 2017

Poverty in America

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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economic history, labour economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty

Why do progressives hate progress? | Steven Pinker

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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, environmental economics, health economics Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape

The Numbers Game: How’s The Middle Class Doing

19 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history

Problems with the dominant (neoliberal) understandings of and responses to poverty according to Massey’s Ending Poverty and Inequality research cluster

18 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, poverty and inequality

“The only people much better off than $3 [a day]..."—@DeirdreMcClosk. See how far we've come: http://t.co/UlYOxs2PSs pic.twitter.com/H1W0VGbI8D
— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) June 12, 2015

Growth paths of #LatAm & the Caribbean the South East Tigers: wrld.bg/NCtLt #RiseoftheSouth http://t.co/IFuUOWldox—
World Bank Pubs (@WBPubs) May 31, 2015

世界の所得分布、1988 → 2011年　https://t.co/f1tBZIpn56
この間の世界の富裕分の殆どを中国で説明できそうだ。インドはあまり変わってない。 pic.twitter.com/ygWYornmY8
— Spica (@CasseCool) October 19, 2015

"Starvation worldwide is at an all-time low & falling..." —@DeirdreMcClosk. Data to explore: http://t.co/d2fyznxTw9 pic.twitter.com/598P4mYdzH
— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) June 9, 2015

Microwaves really took off in the 80s!

18 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

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