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NZ House price index for selected territorial authority areas, 1989–2014

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, urban economics

Source: Changes in home-ownership patterns 1986–2013: Focus on Māori and Pacific people.

Median age for selected ethnic groups in New Zealand, 1986, 2013

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by Jim Rose in economic history, population economics

Source: Changes in home-ownership patterns 1986–2013: Focus on Māori and Pacific people.

Fossil fuels and The Great Escape

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by Jim Rose 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)

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by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: age of empires, Age of exploration

#FeeltheBern? There’s a Cure.

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by Jim Rose 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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by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, desktops, entrepreneurial alertness, PCs, smartphones

37 years of personal computing —@pixxa https://t.co/WEdSOHyEyU pic.twitter.com/WH0XKrGmhI

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) June 8, 2016

The territorial history of the United States

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by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: American history, economics of borders, maps

The IBM personal computer sold for $4,385 in 1981

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship Tags: creative destruction, good old days, PCs

The IBM personal computer sells for $4,385. Up to 256K of user memory may be installed. 1981 pic.twitter.com/ReyvgrFUxO

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) January 30, 2016

Gender differences in jobs and occupations since 1960

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap

Gender differences in the workplace for select occupations (1960 -… https://t.co/QDxhy5zVFG #Business #Charts #USA pic.twitter.com/Z8ldMN0cBI

— Vivid Maps (@VividMaps) June 7, 2016

A political map of the world in 1859-1860

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by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: age of empires, Age of exploration, maps

Stalin: Inside the Terror

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: autocracy, Russia, Stalin, USSR

Source: Anti-Dismal: Stalin: Inside the Terror

Thomas Sowell talk in Jacksonville, FL (1993)

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation Tags: Thomas Sowell

Source: Video: Thomas Sowell talk in Jacksonville, FL (1993) – AEI

How the FT reported the D-Day landings in 1944.

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by Jim Rose in economic history, industrial organisation, survivor principle, war and peace Tags: D-Day, World War II

How the FT reported the D-Day landings in 1944. We are nothing if not focused on our core mission…always. http://t.co/cEIVRmgEU7—
Financial Times (@FT) June 05, 2014

Poverty halves in #LatinAm in last 10 years, @WBG_Poverty @WorldBank still grumbling

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, poverty and inequality

Explore our LAC Equity Lab for latest data, #poverty & #inequality trends in #LatAm https://t.co/lIsOfmIwUD pic.twitter.com/qcVpyXePs6

— World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) May 29, 2016

In the last 5 years, #LatAm’s #growth was less beneficial to the #poor #lacfeaturegraph https://t.co/rMKnjhd40S pic.twitter.com/S9EwVl55Ka

— World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) May 29, 2016

The World Bank should enquire more as to why particular Latin countries succeeded while others did not and the economic systems employed in each.

Growth paths of #LatAm & the Caribbean the South East Tigers: http://t.co/GwnEHFw9eu #RiseoftheSouth pic.twitter.com/IFuUOWldox

— World Bank Publications (@WBPubs) May 31, 2015

Embrace the free market and overtake your socialist competitors. http://t.co/O7m1yfIbbe pic.twitter.com/xfpF4vtqlv

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) October 5, 2015

#MiltonFriedman v. @berniesanders

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, Leftover Left

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