The battle against Polio in Africa http://t.co/LYB2nGZlAB—
Amazing Maps™ (@amazingmap) June 30, 2015
Polio in Africa
23 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, anti-vaccination movement, polio, The Great Escape, vaccinations, vaccines
Chart of the year
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: The Great Escape
The middle class is starting to wither away
21 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, labour economics Tags: middle class stagnation
Is investing in renewable energy a good investment?
21 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
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
21 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
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
19 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
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
15 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: cell phones
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