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Inequality is not getting worse and worse @closertogether

08 Feb 2017 Leave a comment

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More on the emergence of a working rich

06 Feb 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: superstars, top 1%

Celebrities get a pass from #occupy on their top 0.1% membership

27 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

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Left still loves #alternativefacts #fakenews about #inequality; union membership started declining 25 years before top 10% income share started to rise

27 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, politics - USA, poverty and inequality

Union membership fell in 2016. Statement from @LarryMishel: https://t.co/IEWXYXSDYy pic.twitter.com/XeS62RaiAS

— Economic Policy Institute (@EconomicPolicy) January 26, 2017

Why are alternative facts about inequality trends OK with the NZ Left?

24 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality

@TheWirelessNZ @XTOTL Nice! Good to see that consumption inequality in NZ has fallen so much then! pic.twitter.com/o8w492f0JP

— Eric Crampton (@EricCrampton) June 26, 2015

A brief history of inequality-from Treasury paper Fig4. Note Employment Contracts Act,GST,income tax,benefit cuts,WFF pic.twitter.com/y4w3cUsgjD

— Bill Rosenberg (@WJRosenberg) June 27, 2015

Our take on the latest Household Incomes in NZ report closertogether.org.nz/no-quick-escap… @MaxRashbrooke #inequality #poverty http://t.co/c1L9QHs3fi—
Closer Together (@CloserTogether) July 09, 2014

The compassion of unions towards the minimum waged

24 Jan 2017 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in labour economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, unemployment, unions Tags: do gooders, The fatal conceit, The pretense to knowledge

Source: page 451 and page 828 of the 3rd edition (1972) of University Economics by Armen Alchian and William Allen; the first part of the quotation is Question #30 at the end of Chapter 22. via Bonus Quotation of the Day… – Cafe Hayek

How big a UBI will abolishing the welfare state fund?

23 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

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7 of the 8 top billionaires built their business from scratch without political help @Oxfam

16 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

Source: Eight richest men are worth the same as HALF the rest of the world | Daily Mail Online

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NZ average incomes stagnate when inequality is falling!?

16 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

Source: New Zealand – WID – World Wealth & Income Database.

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More on how everyone is better off since 1980s reforms @closertogether

14 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

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British gender pay gap now negative for 20 something women

13 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: British economy, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap

Hate speech against rich is surprisingly popular across spectrum

11 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in fiscal policy, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: British politics, envy, hate speech, superstars, top 1%

Why do celebrities get a pass on their pay compared to CEOs?

11 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

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British top 1% really have dropped the ball, left labour surplus on the table

11 Jan 2017 Leave a comment

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