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China controls dissidents abroad through relatives back home

06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: China, dissent, Japan, tinpot dictatorships, totalitarian dictatorships

At graduate school in Japan, I was careful to rarely talk politics to Chinese students.

China controls dissidents abroad through relatives back home https://t.co/J1sjPdtwrw pic.twitter.com/PL4puyFhef

— Reuters Investigates (@specialreports) December 30, 2015

The reason was I assumed they were being spied on by fellow students at the behest of the Chinese security services.

@OwenJones84 @K_Niemietz GDP per capita has not more than doubled @chavezcandanga

05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: Argentina, Chile, China, left-wing populism, Leftover Left, Oil prices, The Great Fact, Twitter left, Venezuela

Source: The Conference Board. 2015. The Conference Board Total Economy Database™, May 2015, http://www.conference-board.org/data/economydatabase/

138,000 people out of poverty every day for 25 years while @oxfamnz claimed neo-liberalism ruined the world

25 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

New data: 138,000 people out of poverty every day for 25 years, while you claimed neo-liberalism ruined the world. pic.twitter.com/kvSoMSa9DY

— Johan Norberg (@johanknorberg) October 5, 2015

Deirdre McCloskey’s message for @oxfamnz @jeremycorbyn @BernieSanders

24 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, Marxist economics, politics - USA

Source: Deirdre McCloskey, Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World.

Globalisation is Good – Johan Norberg on Globalisation

23 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, international economics, Marxist economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, globalisation, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

@johanknorberg another good chart w same conclusion. Must be sad for leftists when the data contradict their believes pic.twitter.com/Mtro0Zsm4R

— Eduardo Azevedo A. (@ocartesiano) October 5, 2015

@TheDailyBlogNZ’s only good tax cheat is a student loan defaulter?!

23 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, public economics

Daily Chomsky « The Daily Blog https://t.co/jEdNHse1dS pic.twitter.com/9DxxxUt5p0

— TheDailyBlogNZ (@TheDailyBlogNZ) December 20, 2015

Average #IQ of students by #college major and gender ratio: http://t.co/3V3sjKuSI1 #education #dataviz #edchat pic.twitter.com/MvuI4urES5

— Randy Olson (@randal_olson) June 26, 2014

The life satisfaction gap between former workers’ paradises and capitalist economies is closing

22 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Marxist economics Tags: transitional economies

Life satisfaction gap between transition countries and the West is closing. @milenkanik https://t.co/LolFh6Ezf3 pic.twitter.com/UCnyA5TVqd

— IZA (@iza_bonn) December 9, 2015

On the decline of socialism in the Americas

21 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela

@jeremycorbyn betrays #Falklands self-determination

18 Jan 2016 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, Marxist economics

The right to self-determination and have a say in our own future is fundamental to people of the #Falklands. Any decisions affect our lives.

— Falkland Islands Gov (@FalklandsGov) January 17, 2016

Like he's deliberately re-opening old wounds that will drive decent working class folk away and make us unelectable https://t.co/XhlwJhiNzh

— Lord Walney (@LordWalney) January 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/Mulder1981/status/681611193849634816

https://twitter.com/DGoodinson/status/688766431605968896

https://twitter.com/DavidJo52951945/status/688662517783113728

That must count as Corbyn's worst interview yet: unilateral disarmament, secondary strikes and negotiate the Falklands away. Dreadful #marr

— Simon Clarke MP (@SimonClarkeMP) January 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/brokenbottleboy/status/686221142038806528

Corbyn claims Falklands War was a “xenophobic” election stunt. Not fit to lead this country. https://t.co/Bcoxo9lIyL

— Nick Clarke (@nickclarkesuff) January 5, 2016

Socialism with an iPad @jeremycorbyn @JohnMcDonnellMP

18 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, Marxist economics

Labour Party proposed "Socialism with an iPad". Here's a democratic iPhone 7
By @JoyofTech pic.twitter.com/bEgLh1AYSb

— Paul Kirby (@paul1kirby) January 17, 2016

‘neo-Stalinist’ @SeumasMilne

12 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, Marxist economics

https://twitter.com/J_Bloodworth/status/686828254993453056

2016 I hate capitalism starter pack

01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

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Whose voting base has succumbed to unthinking populists?

31 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, income redistribution, international economics, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election

https://www.facebook.com/WeAreCapitalists/photos/a.157549024416648.1073741826.157541337750750/474168992754648/?type=3&theater

The Soviet Union’s flag came down for the last time today 1991

26 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: collapse of communism, fall of the USSR, Russia, unanticipated revolutions

Why do ‪@fightfor15 @LivingWageNZ @LivingWageUK aim so low?

16 Dec 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, labour economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: expressive voting, Leftover Left, living wage

We took the streets in 500 cities this week. This was the street scene in some of those cities. #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/Gflx22YpRS

— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) November 16, 2015

Jens Rushing's perfect response to #FightFor15 critics went viral. Read it: https://t.co/xE0wrWAnP5 pic.twitter.com/E5bbr1KBgJ

— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) November 14, 2015

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Utopia, you are standing in it!

China controls dissidents abroad through relatives back home

@OwenJones84 @K_Niemietz GDP per capita has not more than doubled @chavezcandanga

138,000 people out of poverty every day for 25 years while @oxfamnz claimed neo-liberalism ruined the world

Deirdre McCloskey’s message for @oxfamnz @jeremycorbyn @BernieSanders

Globalisation is Good – Johan Norberg on Globalisation

@TheDailyBlogNZ’s only good tax cheat is a student loan defaulter?!

The life satisfaction gap between former workers’ paradises and capitalist economies is closing

On the decline of socialism in the Americas

@jeremycorbyn betrays #Falklands self-determination

Socialism with an iPad @jeremycorbyn @JohnMcDonnellMP

‘neo-Stalinist’ @SeumasMilne

2016 I hate capitalism starter pack

Whose voting base has succumbed to unthinking populists?

The Soviet Union’s flag came down for the last time today 1991

Why do ‪@fightfor15 @LivingWageNZ @LivingWageUK aim so low?

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