Bono – Capitalism Reduces Poverty
03 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth disasters, growth miracles, Music Tags: Africa, Bono, China, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact, U2
Official versus alternative Chinese economic statistics
03 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history Tags: China
People assume a china massages its economic data – our shanghai corr challenges conventional wisdom http://t.co/qqqJ71Duwx—
Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) September 29, 2015
The Great Escape continues in infant mortality
03 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: British economy, child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape
Infant mortality has fallen from 9.4 to 3.9 per 1,000 live births over the last three decades ow.ly/PDqKf http://t.co/uj2lspVGox—
(@ONS) July 15, 2015
Creative destruction in music sales
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Music, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, market selection, The meaning of competition
Money spent on music by average American, 1973-2009
businessinsider.com/these-charts-e… http://t.co/zhJN4j5l1n—
Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) May 30, 2015
US top incomes – average incomes
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, entrepreneurship
The top 1% in the USA became rather more exclusive since about 1980 and the Reagan revolution. Up until then, far too many middle-class professionals were knocking at the door of the top 1% by having being just a little bit more successful than their peers.
Source: The World Top Incomes Database.
If our Marxist friends are to be believed, ruling class membership should be more exclusive than that. The Rothschilds and Rockefellers and the rest of the gang could not possibly be brushing shoulders with tradesmen made good at meetings of the executive committee of the ruling class.
Inequality in the UK
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
Stiglitz, Piketty – Jeremy Corbyn’s star ‘advisers’ are, like him, wrong about UK inequality: specc.ie/1OZZPPi http://t.co/seDpZIVRy1—
Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) September 27, 2015
UK top incomes – average incomes
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history
The top 1% in the UK is some somewhat exclusive because you have to be more than a doctor or a lawyer to get in.
Source: The World Top Incomes Database
Deirdre McCloskey on Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital, Changed the World
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, economic growth, economic history, liberalism Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
This chart shows one of humanity's greatest modern accomplishments vox.com/2015/8/13/9145… http://t.co/QSxzps2i3Z—
Vox (@voxdotcom) August 13, 2015
The % of the world living on less than $1.25 a day will fall to 5% by 2030
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The portion of the world population living on less than $1.25 a day will fall to 5% by 2030: j.mp/1Lvk5D4 http://t.co/vd6dkCYpoY—
Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) September 16, 2015
Belonging to the freest countries in the world greatly improves the average person’s income: j.mp/1JWMi93 http://t.co/mMEDCklcis—
Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) September 12, 2015
Homicide rates of young and prime age black females in the USA since 1950
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, politics - USA
Source: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Homicide rates of young and prime age black males since 1950
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, politics - USA
Source: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Manufacturing job losses and unionisation
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, unions Tags: union power, union wage premium
Those reading Nick Kristof's pro-union piece should also consider their impact on job growth economy.com/dismal/analysi… http://t.co/xJwbJQmQth—
Modeled Behavior (@ModeledBehavior) February 19, 2015
More than likely the earliest born individual captured on a photo
01 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, technological progress
Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. More than likely the earliest born individual captured on a photo. http://t.co/lvOEfgn7Yn—
Historical Pics (@VeryOldPics) August 01, 2015
Once were British
30 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: British empire, New Zealand, New Zealand Constitution, Statute of Westminster
@RobinHoodTax @helenkellyCTU does the average worker earn less than 40 years ago?
30 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: good old days, living standards, measurement error, middle class stagnation, productivity measurement, The Great Enrichment, wage stagnation
https://twitter.com/RobinHoodTax/status/648963471690698752/photo/1
For Economic Justice, America Badly Needs Some Raises goo.gl/iA3Ecp #RobinHoodTaxUSA robinhoodtax.org/why http://t.co/0wx4kCpb4Q—
Robin Hood Tax (@RobinHoodTax) September 23, 2015
Innovation is letting us accomplish more with less. Learn more: buff.ly/1LmtAZD #tech #progress http://t.co/e2kQlGu3NA—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 22, 2015
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