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Are White Republicans More Racist Than White Democrats? | FiveThirtyEight
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in applied price theory, economic history, politics - USA Tags: Democratic party racism, racism, republicanism, Southern racism
The Apple 1– Updated
28 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, technological progress Tags: Apple, creative destruction, innovation, Steve Jobs
In 1976, high school friends Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs built their first computer — the Apple 1. http://t.co/pl9US5FPBI—
ClassicPics (@History_Pics) April 27, 2015
The first image on the World Wide Web
28 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Internet
1901 map of Papua New Guinea
28 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: maps, Papua New Guinea
Only one line in this chart about India matters, ever
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, India, Leftover Left, poverty and inequality
In #India poverty is falling very, very rapidly – while inequality is rising.
More at: bit.ly/1KLT8Lh http://t.co/t5d1LQR4l0—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) April 27, 2015
First photo of the far side of the moon
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: moon, space
Murphy’s Law of Economic Policy
26 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Alan Blinder, evidence-based policy, expressive politics, free trade, protectionism, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, rent seeking
Greg Mankiw on one of the few things economists agree on: free trade. That's the problem. nyti.ms/1GrLisQ http://t.co/WrLuP3oBSW—
The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) April 25, 2015
AJP Taylor on England before World War I
25 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, war and peace Tags: AJ P Taylor, Anzac Day, World War I
The opening lines of “English History 1914-1945″ by A. J. P. Taylor
World War 1– the initial New Zealand response
25 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: World War I
Technology diffusion in poor countries is quickening
24 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, technological progress Tags: global poverty, international technology diffusion, technology diffusion, The Great Fact
A 10% increase in the use of the internet in a country can lead to a 1.9% increase in trade: wrld.bg/LYPXu http://t.co/TdjRTz69fW—
World Bank (@WorldBank) April 23, 2015
British, German and French inflation rates adjusted for 1.5% new goods and quality bias, 1994-2014
24 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics
There has been close to zero inflation in France and Germany for almost 20 years now. The UK had mild deflation between 1998 and 2005, followed by a spike in inflation.
Source: OECD StatExtract.
Note that the 1.5% bias adjustment includes other known biases in the CPI in addition to new goods and quality variation.
The war on poverty at age 50: What US social programs worked and which failed? – Chris Blattman
23 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, welfare reform
Via The war on poverty at age 50: What US social programs worked and which failed? – Chris Blattman.
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