Source: How politically biased are you? Take this quiz to find out. – Vox
This #Vox political bias test is biased despite my good result
11 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economic history, economics of climate change, economics of crime, environmental economics, health economics, macroeconomics
The Great Escape in Chinese infant mortality was stunning
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Marxist economics Tags: child mortality, China, global poverty, infant mortality, stream poverty, The Great Escape
China's infant mortality rate fell 85% since 1970, nearing the U.S. rate. buff.ly/1g7eLNk #health http://t.co/b9eno1jk6X—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) September 08, 2015
The first mobile phone went on sale 30 years ago for…
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in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: cell phones, creative destruction, living standards
Creative destruction in stereos
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in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: creative destruction
https://www.facebook.com/WPROFM/photos/a.74075314092.75711.8607539092/10153286483244093/?type=1
HT: Julian Weeks
How is the population bomb going?
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, population economics Tags: population bomb
1st drink driving arrest was today 1897
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in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, transport economics Tags: drink driving, road safety
The Great Escape actually accelerated after the GFC
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in development economics, economic history, global financial crisis (GFC), growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, India, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
In 1993, >30% of India's urban population lived in extreme poverty. In 2011? Only 13%. buff.ly/1iutlQA http://t.co/238hsW2aeF—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) September 09, 2015
Trends in the British gender wage gap by age band
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in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply Tags: British economy, gender wage gap
The Great Fact – undernourishment in developing countries (under the jackboot of neoliberalism)
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global hunger, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD
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How high is the US #tax burden on labor? Here's an OECD comparison tax.foundation/1LNpE4W by @samcjordan_ @kpomerleau http://t.co/unaxWM1BgH—
Tax Foundation (@taxfoundation) July 27, 2015
Payroll taxes make up a large portion of a worker's #tax bill: tax.foundation/1g1nd1w by @samcjordan_ @kpomerleau http://t.co/yHx4kQTmr6—
Tax Foundation (@taxfoundation) July 21, 2015
via A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD | Tax Foundation.
Since 1975 average UK earnings for full-time employees have more than doubled after accounting for inflation
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: British economy, The Great Enrichment
Europe in 1600.
09 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: European history
Europe in 1600. http://t.co/DIdop0ogZ3—
History Facts 247 (@historyfacts247) August 09, 2015
The UK gender pay gap begins at 30(ish)
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in discrimination, economic history, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, gender wage gap
Creative destruction in desktops
09 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, politics - USA, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, PCs
GRAPHIC: Why your middle-class salary is better than you might think
washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog… http://t.co/vvRCo0PNel—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) June 15, 2015
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