Yes, America’s middle class has been disappearing….into higher income groups https://t.co/uT8i1RR5Di
— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) December 17, 2015
The middle class is starting to wither away
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in economic history, economics of media and culture, labour economics Tags: middle class stagnation
Is investing in renewable energy a good investment?
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in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, hydroelectric power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
Creative destruction in alarm clocks
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in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness
Which occupations are up and which are down
21 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, skill biased technical change
Adoption of new technologies in the US since 1900
20 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation, technology diffusion
I, Pencil Extended Commentary: Creative Destruction
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in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, division of labour, entrepreneurial alertness, IPencil, specialisation and exchange, The meaning of competition
The Great Fact in Latin America
19 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Latin America, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
In early 2000s more than 40% of Latin Americans lived on less than $4 a day. What about now? wrld.bg/OK6J6 http://t.co/iEZm030rj6—
World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) June 25, 2015
unexpected vs. expected inventions
19 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics, entrepreneurship Tags: creative destruction
Labour productivity growth in the New Zealand retail services confounds Baumol’s cost disease
17 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, industrial organisation, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, survivor principle Tags: Baumol's disease, labour productivity
British union membership by public and private sector and gender since 1995
15 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, unions Tags: British economy, union membership, union power, union wage premium
British union membership is very much a public sector phenomena. Outside of the public sector, union membership is low but stable for 20 years now.
Source: Office of National Statistics, Trade Union Membership 2014
The first mobile phone
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in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: cell phones
How insightful was The Population Bomb
14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth miracles, population economics, resource economics, technological progress Tags: cranks, doomsday prophets
Public and private sector union membership in the USA since 1973
14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, labour economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, unions Tags: union membership, union power, union wage premium
Public and private sector union membership took completely different paths in the USA over the last 40 years. Public sector union memberships held its own. There is been a steady decline in union membership in the private sector. The exception is construction unions which held their own in membership for the last 10 years.
Source: unionstats.com.
The coalition of obsolete industries still needs your support! Stop progress now?
14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, Luddites, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
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