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The only thing more expensive than going to uni is not going

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics

“@paultaylordc: For Millennials, only thing more expensive than going to college is not going http://t.co/nD44ko9dsD pic.twitter.com/hgRSaty2Ym”

— Reid Milburn 💪🏻🇺🇦 (@ReidMilburn) February 11, 2014

Americans have more income left over after food expenses

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by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: child poverty, family poverty, food prices

Americans have more income left over after food expenses. https://t.co/PKXCfe0Maw pic.twitter.com/vKESAqEgJY

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) January 12, 2016

Development & Trade: Empirical Evidence @DavidShearerMP @oxfamnz @TPPANoWay

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free trade, free trade agreements, preferential trading agreements, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact, TPPA, WTO

https://twitter.com/WorldBank/status/691970229811965952

The fall in extreme #poverty is the best news in the world! https://t.co/QO2XpUhoqO pic.twitter.com/jJQmy1ELvf

— World Bank (@WorldBank) January 25, 2016

VIDEO: Financial protection programs help countries manage impacts of natural disasters https://t.co/fStuunDwbr #DRR pic.twitter.com/TjjpsYzCIU

— World Bank (@WorldBank) January 20, 2016

Despite conflict & poverty, #Somalia's mobile sector is better than most: https://t.co/5Vtn7oIuZ8 #digitaldividends pic.twitter.com/cqwxqOd79c

— World Bank (@WorldBank) January 18, 2016

There is nothing new about the coming of robots

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour supply, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: automation, rational irrationality, skill bias technical change, technological unemployment

Substitution may mean the destruction of certain #jobs but not of employment! https://t.co/j9dxIhVBGT #FutureOfWork pic.twitter.com/132fEg6wgi

— OECD Social (@OECD_Social) January 14, 2016

Why Hillary’s position on campus sexual assault is inconsistent with her life

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by Jim Rose in economic history, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton

Why Hillary's position on campus sexual assault is inconsistent with her life.The Factual Feminist explains: https://t.co/um29J8VYv1

— Christina Hoff Sommers (@CHSommers) January 27, 2016

Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape

The Great Fact in my lifetime

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Fact

"In my adult lifetime…"—@mattwridley. See the data for yourself on the decline of hunger: https://t.co/7YSa7HRR7Q pic.twitter.com/UagILuTmP8

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) December 27, 2015

Global median income doubled(!) over the last 10 years @oxfamGB @GreenpeaceUSA

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles

The World’s 10 Largest Economies 1970-2030

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment

Projection: The World's 10 Largest Economies 1970-2030 pic.twitter.com/jWIl1Qxvcv

— Aron Strandberg (@aronstrandberg) January 15, 2016

The Return Of Australian Indigenous Land to 2013

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by Jim Rose in economic history, law and economics, property rights

The Theft And Return Of Australian Indigenous Land 1788 To 2013. Learn more: https://t.co/yncGC6viS0 pic.twitter.com/cgypFMDzJS

— Brilliant Maps (@BrilliantMaps) December 22, 2015

@realdonaldtrump is wrong in tariffs

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, international economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, China, tariffs, trade wars

@Oxfam extrapolations and exaggerations

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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economic history, entrepreneurship Tags: Oxfam, top 1%

138,000 people out of poverty every day for 25 years while @oxfamnz claimed neo-liberalism ruined the world

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

New data: 138,000 people out of poverty every day for 25 years, while you claimed neo-liberalism ruined the world. pic.twitter.com/kvSoMSa9DY

— Johan Norberg (@johanknorberg) October 5, 2015

India’s child mortality is falling, nearing the British rate

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, India, infant mortality, The Great Escape

India's child mortality is falling, nearing the British rate. https://t.co/wkuLKlYi7o #health #progress pic.twitter.com/Fef99I2pb9

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) December 26, 2015

Deirdre McCloskey’s message for @oxfamnz @jeremycorbyn @BernieSanders

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, Marxist economics, politics - USA

Source: Deirdre McCloskey, Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World.

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