46.4% of households globally will have Internet access end-2015. 55% target by 2020https://t.co/fcMqmTa069#ITUdata pic.twitter.com/lhPCrCxdyp
— Int’l Telecommunication Union (@ITU) November 30, 2015
The global diffusion of Internet access
30 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture Tags: Digital poverty, international technology diffusion, Internet, technology diffusion
15% of adults say they don’t use the Internet
29 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: Digital poverty
Male cosmetic procedures
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: cosmetic surgery
Mobile phones dominate news website visits
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in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, desktops, legacy media, mobile phones, new media
Creative destruction in jeans
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship Tags: creative destruction, The Great Enrichment
Today, it takes less work to earn enough to buy jeans than it did in the 1950s. buff.ly/1cT86Vb #progress http://t.co/WtEn735cPP—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 14, 2015
10% of adults own a smartphone but don’t have any other high-speed internet access
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: Digital poverty, smart phones
The reversing gender gap in marathon completion
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, gender, labour economics Tags: marathons, reversing gender gap
People still actually buy CDs!
24 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: CDs, legacy media
Voter turnout rates among the less educated have collapsed since the 1970s
23 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: expressive voting, rational ignorance, voter demographics, voter turnout
@jeremycorbyn really does need #toriesforcorbyn to win
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, Public Choice
How much did each Beatle contribute to the writing of each album?
21 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, Music
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
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
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