The red flags of quackery

05 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, liberalism Tags: , , ,

Image credit: Sci-ence.org

HT: fromquarkstoquasars.com

Child mortality halved in the last 25 years

04 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: ,

HT: vox.com

How toxic are these?

04 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: ,

The Great Escape – life expectancy is rising everywhere version

03 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

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

Since 1990, my life expectancy has increased by three months for every year I have lived! Not bad odds. What more can capitalism do before people stop complaining.

live. via 26 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better – Vox.

Life expectancy at older ages has improved substantially

03 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

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Homoeopathy explained

03 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

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Fukashima nuclear accident four years on

03 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, health economics Tags:

How diseases really spread

02 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: ,

Darwin awards – most comprehensive application

02 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics

Via Tippi Hedren reveals her regrets at letting beast share family home and even letting it sleep in daughter Melanie Griffiths bed | Daily Mail Online.

 

 

The Great Escape in New Zealand

02 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: ,

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Source: clio-infra.eu

The relative importance of the climate crisis in the Third World

02 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

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

Causes of death of pop musicians and the general population

01 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, Music, occupational choice Tags:

 

via Stairway to hell: life and death in the pop music industry.

Google University for Dummies

01 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

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

Musical life expectancy

31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, health economics, labour economics, Music, occupational choice Tags: ,

 

via The 27 Club is a myth: 56 is the bum note for musicians and Stairway to hell: life and death in the pop music industry..

New Zealand and Australian private health insurance rates compared

31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand

Seems like imposing a tax on those did not have a private cover induced high income people to take out private cover stop

Via http://www.healthfunds.org.nz/pdf/dec2013%20Quarterly%20statistical%20summary.pdf

Via INFOGRAPHIC: A snapshot of private health insurance in Australia.

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