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Do minimum wages stimulate productivity? @BernieSanders @livingwageNZ

06 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in econometerics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: living wage, The fatal conceit, The pretence the knowledge

Source: IZA World of Labor – Do minimum wages stimulate productivity and growth?

Key findings from Joseph Sabia's article, also referenced in @TheEconomist this week! https://t.co/H3TZZ39gsL pic.twitter.com/abwhmRBTAt

— IZA World of Labor (@IZAWorldofLabor) April 5, 2016

@jeremycorbyn @realdonaldtrump @BernieSanders would want to save these jobs

05 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

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Killed by US police by threat level and weapon, January – March 2016

02 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: law and order, police shootings

I had to download the file from the Washington Posed and reorganise the coding so you can actually work out the threat level and the weapon carried. This was previously possible with the 2015 database. The 2016 database filters changed to make it more difficult to work out how many people were killed by police while an attack was in progress. The improvement is the Washington Post now has filters for the type of weapon present.

Source: Fatal force: A Washington Post investigation of people shot and killed by police in 2016 – Washington Post.

Vaccine reversal therapy

01 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - USA Tags: anti-vaccination movement

Political bias, free trade and @berniesanders @realdonaldtrump

31 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, antiforeign bias, antimarket bias, makework bias, pessimism bias, rational irrationality

Too many terrorists were released from #Gitmo

30 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

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1-Year Impacts of Charter Schools on Math & English Scores @GreenCatherine @DBSeymour

29 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: charter schools, School choice, school vouchers

Source: Fourteen Economic Facts on Education and Economic Opportunity | The Hamilton Project.

Cost of High School Interventions and Effects on Graduation @ChrisHipkins @DBSeymour

29 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: charter schools, School choice, school vouchers

Source: Fourteen Economic Facts on Education and Economic Opportunity | The Hamilton Project.

But @BernieSanders says the Social Security crisis is a lie!

29 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

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How would you feel if @realdonaldtrump were elected President? #NeverTrump

27 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election

HT: Justin Wolfers.

All part of @BernieSanders’ good old days before the top 1% looted everything

26 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, technological progress

World's first mobile phone, 1983
Weight: 2.4 lbs
Talk Time: 30 minutes
Charge Time: 10 hours
Cost: $3,999 pic.twitter.com/60EZz3IAZ5

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) March 26, 2016

Computer software is now 0.7% of its price in 1980.

PCs are now 0.1% of its price in 1980. pic.twitter.com/1kAuPHfU9V

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) March 26, 2016

Smartphones & tablets are on the rise, while Americans’ ownership of other devices falters. https://t.co/blt5EmYFMy pic.twitter.com/IWLDpouAWH

— Pew Research Internet (@pewinternet) March 26, 2016

Smartphone, computer or tablet? 36% of Americans own all three https://t.co/Y1cUKClMQL pic.twitter.com/YA1Z0ycJtv

— Pew Research Internet (@pewinternet) March 25, 2016

@realdonaldtrump does have a women problem

25 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

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Why Trump is popular

25 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA

Before tax child poverty in USA and Scandinavia

25 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, Finland, Norway, single mothers, single parents, social insurance, Sweden, welfare state

The 1st @Paul Krugman (1994) on “Competitiveness: A Dangerous Obsession”

24 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in international economics, politics - USA Tags: anti-foreign buyers, anti-market buyers, Leftover Left, Paul Krugman, public intellectuals, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, renegade Left

Source: Bonus Quotation of the Day… – Cafe Hayek.

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