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Does anyone remember Netscape

03 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, Netscape

1995: top 15 Internet companies worth $17 billion.

2015: top 15 Internet companies worth $2.4 trillion. —@kpcb pic.twitter.com/EMtx7Fldef

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 31, 2015

500 years of UK energy use

02 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, energy economics Tags: British economy

500 yrs of UK energy use. Ace @MaxCRoser visual. From feeding ourselves to feeding our machines. Nb early renewables pic.twitter.com/EaZkUd1g38

— Paul Kirby (@paul1kirby) November 15, 2015

Well-known first company headquarters

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: amazon, Apple, corporate headquarters, Google, start-ups

Company headquarters:@HP —1939 Top Left (TL)
Apple —1976 (TR)@amazon —1994 Bottom Left (BL)@google —1998 (BR) pic.twitter.com/RTUqXE56V9

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 19, 2015

The Great Escape in the risks of childbirth

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

Maternal and child mortality rates hit record lows in 2015. https://t.co/TZpgAIThoM pic.twitter.com/sxECOtHfQM

— Archive: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (@JimYongKimWBG) December 31, 2015

Breaking Down 21 Apple Product Flops (1980-2014)

01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: Apple, creative destruction

HT: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/breaking-down-21-apple-product-flops-from-1980-2014/

@NYTimeskrugman made worst technology prediction of all time

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by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation Tags: creative destruction, Paul Krugman

INFOGRAPHIC: 2 centuries of terrible tech predictions https://t.co/Zs9QiFRRIT

— Markets Insider (@MktsInsider) December 30, 2015

Do panic sell-offs pay

01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, financial economics Tags: passive investing

Panicking is a horrible investment strategy https://t.co/K8ZO5XjhZ2

— Markets Insider (@MktsInsider) January 1, 2016

Most populous countries, 1950-2060

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, population economics Tags: economics of fertility

Most populous countries, 1950-2060 (As video instead of GIF to allow pausing and moving) pic.twitter.com/2zHkiLnmEt

— Aron Strandberg (@aronstrandberg) December 1, 2015

Nearly everything from RadioShack ad in 1991 is replaced by a smartphone

01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, industrial organisation Tags: creative destruction, good old days, smart phones, technology diffusion

Nearly everything from RadioShack ad in 1991 is replaced by a smartphone. pic.twitter.com/xGh6ZzW1Nx

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 19, 2015

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The good old days, this day 1915

01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: The Great Enrichment

In 1915, only 8% of households had a telephone. pic.twitter.com/sz660rVH8D

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 31, 2015

Median ages in the USA and Japan

31 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, population economics Tags: Japan

Expanding on @FiveThirtyEight https://t.co/4uPbDDAvxw with a young and old comparision @conradhackett @MonaChalabi pic.twitter.com/Ll1ckBzgKd

— Aron Strandberg (@aronstrandberg) November 23, 2015

Oil prices since 1861

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by Jim Rose in economic history, energy economics Tags: Oil prices

Crude oil prices 1861 – 2015: https://t.co/KygWnzaIid pic.twitter.com/VLWgIhQ2tH

— Linda Regber (@Satoshi_calling) December 30, 2015

The modern European state system in 1919

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Treaty of Versailles, World War I

In 1919, the victorious WWI Allies set the contours for the modern European state system. https://t.co/DA4txl3EdW pic.twitter.com/rrXVghQWSO

— Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) December 3, 2015

Why aren’t female wages stagnating?

30 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, gender, labour economics Tags: gender wage gap, middle-class wage stagnation

One of our most-read pieces of 2015 looked at why male wages are stagnating: https://t.co/oxOm9FAe37 pic.twitter.com/hcWqz5OTvA

— Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) December 29, 2015

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Does anyone remember Netscape

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Well-known first company headquarters

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The good old days, this day 1915

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