Whatever happened to chickenpox?

13 May 2015 Leave a comment

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Endurance obviously has evolutionary survival value

12 May 2015 Leave a comment

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The crazy mixed up priorities of climate alarmists-in-chief

12 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: , , , , ,

The Great Escape – Child mortality is falling in Africa

12 May 2015 Leave a comment

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The crusade to ban e-cigarette had the predictable effect among teens

12 May 2015 Leave a comment

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The killer air pollution that the Greens never mention

12 May 2015 Leave a comment

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Who are the tallest?

11 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, health economics Tags: ,

At the epidemic’s peak, AIDS affected…

11 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, health economics Tags: ,

An early film clip on the announcement of a successful polio vaccine

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Americans and scientists agree more on vaccines than on other hot button issues

11 May 2015 Leave a comment

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The Ten Pillars of Economic Wisdom

10 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, financial economics, health economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: , , , , ,

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via The Ten Pillars of Economic Wisdom, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty.

Coming to a nanny state near you

10 May 2015 Leave a comment

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Organic farming is a rebranding of pre-industrial revolution agriculture

09 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, health economics, technological progress Tags: , , , , , ,

Product disclosure by medical quacks

07 May 2015 Leave a comment

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Do vaccines work?

07 May 2015 Leave a comment

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