Source: Investigation: People shot and killed by police this year – Washington Post.
Blacks shot by US police by threat level: January – February 2016
07 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, police killings
Shot by US police by threat level, 1 January – 5 March 2016 – corrected
06 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - USA
Once again, few are shot by police if they are unarmed, much less with their hands in the air and not offering resistance. A leading cause of death of unarmed civilians is stray bullets. The lesson there is do not travel in cars or live with armed criminals.
Source: Investigation: People shot and killed by police this year – Washington Post.
Presidential candidate tax plans and economic growth
06 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, politics - USA, public economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
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This @amprog lead in picture and its 1st figure about minimal improvement in living standards in 30 years just does not gel somehow
05 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, politics - USA Tags: good old days, Leftover Left, pessimism bias, rational irrationality, smart phones, The Great Enrichment
Source: When I Was Your Age | Center for American Progress.
The claim by the Centre for American progress is that despite being more educated and working in a more productive economy, 30-year-olds today barely make more than 30-year-old Baby Boomers did in 1984.
Source: When I Was Your Age | Center for American Progress.
Nearly everything from RadioShack ad in 1991 is replaced by a smartphone. https://t.co/xGh6ZzW1Nx—
Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 19, 2015
The apps in your smartphone cost $900,000 thirty years ago —@datarade https://t.co/pjw7q4QGDp—
Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) October 29, 2015
Effective marginal tax rates on single and dual earner families in the USA, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand
05 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, fiscal policy, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Denmark, effective marginal tax rates, family tax benefits, family tax credits, France, Germany, in-work tax credits, Italy, poverty traps, rational irrationality, social insurance, Sweden, taxation and labour supply
Some countries including New Zealand and Australia do not give ordinary families much of an incentive to earn more. Effective marginal tax rates on low income families is one of the few times that the Left discovers supply-side economics.
Source: Taxing Wages 2015 – OECD 2015.
Mandatory Maternity Leave is a Bad Idea @suemoroney
05 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, gender, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA Tags: maternity leave
Income tax plus employee Social Security contributions less tax benefits by family structure in the US, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Denmark, France, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand
05 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in fiscal policy, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Denmark, family taxation, France, Germany, Italy, social insurance, Sweden, taxation and labour supply
Those sensitive and caring northern European welfare states do tax families rather heavily even after accounting for family cash benefits.
Source: Taxing Wages 2015 – OECD 2015.
@realdonaldtrump has never voted in a Republican primary
04 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, politics - USA
Trump has voted consistently in general elections. There is no indication that he has voted in a presidential primary of any kind since 1989.
Source: Donald Trump, Melania & Ivanka have never voted in a GOP presidential primary | Daily Mail Online.
Donald Trump first registered to vote at Trump Tower in 1987. Since then, he has been a Republican three times, a Democrat once, a member of the Independence Party once and, for a brief period, had no party identification at all.
Since he registered to vote for the Republican Party just before the 2012 election, he hasn’t missed a vote. He registered too late to vote for Mitt Romney.
Trump spent the entire Bush years as a registered Democrat.
Source: Donald Trump’s got a particularly strange voting history – The Washington Post.
How the Curly effect explains @realdonaldtrump @berniesanders
04 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, politics - USA, Public Choice
@TedCruz says @realDonaldTrump wrote 10 checks to @HillaryClinton campaigns
04 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, politics - USA
Income tax plus employee contributions less cash benefits as % of earnings by family type in USA, Britain, Canada, Sweden, France, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Australia and New Zealand
04 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in fiscal policy, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, social insurance, Social Security, Sweden, taxation and labour supply
Those much admired northern European welfare states tax families and individuals much more than do the Anglo-Saxon welfare states.
Source: Taxing Wages 2015 – OECD 2015.
Blame Social Justice Warriors for Donald Trump
04 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, liberalism, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, political correctness
Income tax and social security contributions as a percentage of gross wage earnings in the USA, Britain, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand
04 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in fiscal policy, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, social insurance, Social Security, Sweden, taxation and labour supply
Source: Taxing Wages 2015 – OECD 2015.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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