A map comparison of #Africa in 1880 and in 1913

07 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

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Creative destruction in phones, faxes, Internet and cell phones in New Zealand

06 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

Source: 2013 Census – transport and communications in New Zealand.

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Matt Ridley and 2012 Julian Simon award

05 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, resource economics Tags:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/38996795

Thomas Sowell – The Real World Effects of Preferential Policies

03 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of education, labour economics Tags: , ,

Back in 1984, computers were going to help us do away with paper

03 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics Tags: ,

Is Moore’s Law getting a 1000 times harder?

02 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, economic history

Source: Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? Bloom, Jones, Van Reenen, and Webb October 31, 2016.

Econ Duel: Will Machines Take Our Jobs?

02 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags:

Voltaire on the 1734 London Stock Exchange:

31 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, labour economics Tags: , ,

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Source: Peace has been hijacked by politics: Why the Nobel Peace Prize is wrong-headed and useless – Students For Liberty – Students For Liberty.

Vice Fund and Vanguard Social Index head to head

31 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: , , ,

Cumulative value of $1 invested in Vice Fund on launch date, 30 August 2002

Where Was the Last Place Discovered on Earth? – Ecoclimax

30 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: ,

Source: Where Was the Last Place Discovered on Earth? – Ecoclimax

Rejected designs for the Eiffel Tower

29 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

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Thomas J. Sargent – effects of open borders

27 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

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Turning family into TV couch potatoes was a marketing selling point back in the day

26 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

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How Scotland Joined Great Britain

26 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history Tags:

ALL Obsolete Industries Deserve The Taxi Bailout!

25 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags:

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