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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.

Average incomes before and after US federal taxes

23 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA, public economics Tags: after-tax income distribution

Source: How much do federal taxes redistribute income? — Visualizing Economics.

Does competitiveness lower bias?

23 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: media bias

The 1st @PaulKrugman on @GrantRobertson1’s #futureofwork?

21 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: employment law, employment protection laws, France, labour market regulation, New Zealand Labour Party, rent control, social insurance, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Source: Paul Krugman (1997) Unmitigated Gauls.

Coordination Problem

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Libertarian Land

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Arin’s Substack

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David Andolfatto

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Monetary Non-Neutrality

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Reason Magazine

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Thoughts from the North

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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

Reading the Best Biographies of All Time

A History of the Alt-Right

Econ Prof at George Mason University, Economic Historian, Québécois

Bassett, Brash & Hide

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Truth on the Market

Scholarly commentary on law, economics, and more

The Undercover Historian

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Temple of Sociology

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Velvet Glove, Iron Fist

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Why Evolution Is True

Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.

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A rural perspective with a blue tint by Ele Ludemann

DPF's Kiwiblog - Fomenting Happy Mischief since 2003

The Dangerous Economist

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Watts Up With That?

The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change

The Logical Place

Tim Harding's writings on rationality, informal logic and skepticism

A window into Doc Freiberger's library

The Risk-Monger

Let's examine hard decisions!

Commentary on monetary policy in the spirit of R. G. Hawtrey

Barrie Saunders

Thoughts on public policy and the media

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Politics and the economy

James Bowden's Blog

A blog (primarily) on Canadian and Commonwealth political history and institutions

Science Matters

Reading between the lines, and underneath the hype.

Economics, and such stuff as dreams are made on

A Venerable Puzzle

"The British constitution has always been puzzling, and always will be." --Queen Elizabeth II

The Antiplanner

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History of Sorts

WORLD WAR II, MUSIC, HISTORY, HOLOCAUST

Roger Pielke Jr.

Undisciplined scholar, recovering academic

Offsetting Behaviour

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JONATHAN TURLEY

Res ipsa loquitur - The thing itself speaks

Conversable Economist

In Hume’s spirit, I will attempt to serve as an ambassador from my world of economics, and help in “finding topics of conversation fit for the entertainment of rational creatures.”

The Victorian Commons

Researching the House of Commons, 1832-1868

The History of Parliament

Articles and research from the History of Parliament Trust

Reflections on books and art

Legal History Miscellany

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Sex, Drugs and Economics

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European Royal History

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