The Bourgeois Era (with Deirdre McCloskey)
10 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics, history of economic thought, liberalism, libertarianism Tags: Deidre McCloskey
World map by percentage of french speakers
10 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: economics of languages, France, network goods
Believing that today’s changes are huge, dwarfing those of the past, reflects an ignorance of history
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Why Capitalism is Better than Socialism
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, history of economic thought, Marxist economics Tags: capitalism and freedom
NZ House price index for selected territorial authority areas, 1989–2014
09 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, urban economics
Median age for selected ethnic groups in New Zealand, 1986, 2013
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in economic history, population economics
Fossil fuels and The Great Escape
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in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, energy poverty, extreme poverty, India, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Political map of the World (1700)
09 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: age of empires, Age of exploration
#FeeltheBern? There’s a Cure.
09 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, health economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, antimarket bias, crony capitalism, living wage, pessimism bias, top 1%
Creative destruction in personal computing platforms
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in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, desktops, entrepreneurial alertness, PCs, smartphones
The territorial history of the United States
08 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: American history, economics of borders, maps


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