Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in economics of education, human capital, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: economics of early childhood education, economics of personality traits, economics of schools, racial discrimination, Roland Fryer
Roland Fryer believes “high-quality education is the new civil rights battleground”. He is an extraordinary man who was carrying a gun and selling drugs at 14 and an assistant professor of economics at Harvard at the age of 27. He is fearless as a researcher.
Source: Roland Fryer On Why Good Schools Matter – Forbes
Roland Fryer is the first Afro-American to win the John Bates Clark Medal econ.st/1FrmzDL http://t.co/QoAZWyRVEX—
Charles Read (@EconCharlesRead) April 27, 2015
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in economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: behavioural genetics, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, economics of early childhood education, economics of families, economics of fertility, economics of personality traits, marriage and divorce, single parents
17 Sep 2015 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, job search and matching, labour economics, minimum wage, survivor principle, unions Tags: Australia, employment law, employment protection law, federalism, labour market deregulation, labour market regulation, union power, unions
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in economic history, labour economics, labour supply Tags: Australia, economics of migration
Migrants fleeing Europe..
The 1858 Map of World Migration bit.ly/1NjTMEb http://t.co/ZOK7UA6SdB—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) September 10, 2015
15 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender gap, gender wage gap, Hollywood economics
https://twitter.com/paul1kirby/status/642813666249822208/photo/1
Hollywood movies write women out of the script & create a make-believe world where men do all jobs.Ace chart http://t.co/0eM17kRJKW—
paulkirby (@paul1kirby) September 10, 2015
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in Marxist economics, occupational choice, Public Choice Tags: economics of identity, economics of oppositional identities, extermism, John Cleese, political psychology
HT: David Lopez
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in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand Tags: College premium, education premium, graduate premium
How much more will you earn by going to university? It depends hugely on which country you're from http://t.co/7RMnUTM8nj—
paulkirby (@paul1kirby) September 11, 2015
13 Sep 2015 2 Comments
in economic history, labour economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality Tags: British economy, Leftover Left, Tony Blair, Trish Labor Party, welfare state
Under Tony Blair the incomes of the UK's poorest families increased by more than under any other Prime Minister. http://t.co/8Uh8GBqbRB—
Tom Forth (@thomasforth) September 12, 2015
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in economic history, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health and safety, health economics, labour economics, law and economics, Music, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, homicide rates, law and order, suicide
What kills popular musicians? Depends on the genre http://t.co/BTDvdWOS4F—
paulkirby (@paul1kirby) September 11, 2015
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in constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of education, gender, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of fertility, economics of the family, engines of liberation, female labour force participation, feminism, women's liberation
11 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality Tags: family tax credits, living wage, minimum wage, social insurance
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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
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