Computers in 1964 vs. 2014: buff.ly/1NoBa3N http://t.co/4MFBCyk1D3—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 28, 2015
50 years of creative destruction in desktops
13 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, desktops, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation
Percentage of females employed part-time and USA, UK and Canada
13 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, gender, labour supply
A lot more British women work part-time than in the USA or Canada. Is that good or bad?
Data extracted on 13 Oct 2015 01:59 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat
Male unemployment duration of more than one year in USA, UK, Canada, Germany and France since 1968 or earliest date
13 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, unemployment
I do not know enough about Canadian politics and unemployment insurance arrangements to understand why its percentage of long-term unemployed did not change much after the global financial crisis while it skyrocketed in the USA. European unemployment duration is already been long. There was a significant improvement in the number of long-term unemployed as percentage of all unemployed men under the horrors of Thatcherism.
Data extracted on 13 Oct 2015 01:30 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat.
Australian and New Zealand harmonised unemployment rates since 1956
13 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, job search and matching, macroeconomics, unemployment
The unemployment rate was zero in New Zealand in 1956, 1957 and 1961. Apparently no one was jobless even for a day in New Zealand when changing jobs or entering or re-entering the workforce from outside employment, from school or other educational callings or as a migrant, if the OECD data is to be believed.
Data extracted on 13 Oct 2015 00:11 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat.
Unemployment was 1% for the rest of the 1960s in New Zealand before skyrocketing to 2.5% in 1975. By 1983, under the best of the good old days before the scourge of neoliberalism, unemployment rate had reached 5.5% after a steady increase from more than a decade.
The less than 1% unemployment was mostly under National Party rule but this era is looked upon with great fondness by the left-wing in New Zealand. Same in Australia where the good old days are known as the Menzies era: 23 years of Conservative party rule but beloved now by the left-wing as the ideal mixed economy.
Australian unemployment rates in the late 1960s was also pretty low given the requirements of labour market churn and entry on re-entry into the labour force.
US, Canadian and British harmonised unemployment rates since 1955 or earliest date
13 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, job search and matching, macroeconomics, unemployment
Canada has had much worse unemployment rates than the USA since the late 1970s. British unemployment rates have been doing okay since the late 1990s until the global financial crisis.
Data extracted on 13 Oct 2015 00:11 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat
The continued decline of violent crime in America
13 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, crime statistics, criminal deterrence, law and order
Violent crime fell again in 2014. So much for the "Ferguson effect."
washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/… http://t.co/h2a6b746qS—
Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) September 29, 2015
Map of Palestine from a 1947 issue of National Geographic
12 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
Map of Palestine from a 1947 issue of National Geographic. http://t.co/jA1niGLMin—
Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) October 11, 2014
Increase in the Cost of Housing in the US 1901-2002
12 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, housing prices, land prices, land supply, land use planning, zoning
Increase in the Cost of Housing in the US 1901-2002 bit.ly/195NbKb http://t.co/kt7pmOFPVi—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) August 25, 2014
@HackneyAbbott @JeremyCorbyn4PM Another bad day for British ruling class
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, income redistribution, labour economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: British economy, top 1%, Twitter left
Left-wing vote in German federal elections since 1949
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, population economics
The far left of the German Bundestag is so wacky that the Social Democratic prefer a grand coalition with the Conservative parties over teaming up with the Greens and the Left party.
Source: Wikipedia.
British and New Zealand fertility rate since 1855
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, population economics
New Zealand women have always had more children than British women with a sizeable gap in the 20th century. Putting the baby boom aside, British fertility has often not been much more than replacement rate since the 1920s.
Source: GapMinder data.
British employment composition since 1840
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: British economy, British history
When did the percentage of people working in manufacturing get overtaken by those in services? ow.ly/QzLXb http://t.co/SiUPsGHknD—
(@ONS) August 06, 2015
Candidate Lessig’s Bad Example
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: campaign finance reform, campaign finance regulation
Creative destruction in book production
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship Tags: creative destruction
Scribes – Gutenberg – steam power – the internet
Productivity increase in book production over time http://t.co/yuvD7esnD1—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) September 23, 2015
Will Auckland become like San Francisco?
10 Oct 2015 1 Comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: Auckland, housing affordability, land supply, land use planning, RMA, San Francisco, zoning
https://twitter.com/JoshZumbrun/status/652517712070082561/photo/1
"Your neighborhood could be next." San Francisco-wide mailer in support of Prop I, the Mission housing moratorium. http://t.co/PtN38JTaUM—
Jed Kolko (@JedKolko) October 10, 2015
@sival84 @MarketUrbanism @SFyimby More for thought: Permits vs prices for top ten tech hubs trulia.com/blog/trends/pr… http://t.co/yRvjVWDova—
Ralph B. McLaughlin (@housingnomix) October 01, 2015
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