Was Obama's gun town hall "polarizing"? Yes, but here's the reality, in one chart:https://t.co/zKVDyovIbu pic.twitter.com/kf9F3Hov0T
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 8, 2016
What the key voting blocs think of Obama’s gun-control proposals
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in economics of regulation, politics - USA Tags: gun control, median voter theorem
Current US, British and French public and private expenditures on health per capita, PPP since 1960
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in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, Health spending
https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/678444166016335872/photo/1
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2015.
The erosion of Jim Crow laws by the market process in the southern states of America in the 1940s and 1950s
09 Jan 2016 1 Comment
in discrimination, economic history, politics - USA
The heat maps showing the density of the listings, first in 1947 and then in 1956 in the Green Book.
Source: The forgotten way African Americans stayed safe in a racist America – The Washington Post.
According to the Washington Post article today:
in 1936, a postal worker named Victor Green began publishing a guide to help African American travellers find friendly restaurants, auto shops and accommodations in far-off places. Green dubbed the guide after himself – the “Green Book” – and published it for decades. Green says he was inspired by the Jewish press, which had long published information on restricted places…
The Green Book included listings for hotels, restaurants, gas stations, bars and beauty salons across the U.S., as well as travel articles, paid advertisements, and stories about local attractions.
The rise of car ownership among the black middle class made it more and more costly for businesses to turn away their trade despite threats of local lawlessness sanctioned by the police and local and state governments.
The New Zealand top 1% is still bone lazy – top 1% income shares USA, New Zealand and Australia since 1913
08 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in applied price theory, economic history, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: Australia, Leftover Left, top 1%
What slackers. Despite 30 years of neoliberalism oppressing the unions and working class, the top 1% in New Zealand (and Australia) are unable to do any better in terms of their share of national income than in the good old days of pre-1984 New Zealand looked upon with such fondness by the the Leftover Left.
Source: The World Wealth and Income Database.
@fightfor15 College unemployment rates doubling to 2% is not a problem
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - USA, unemployment
Fight for 15 want to argue that long-term unemployment and unemployment in general is a common problem for the skilled and unskilled. Unemployment and long-term unemployment are principally a problem of the low skilled – get over it.
Unemployment of 1-2% is not a problem, just turnover and job search.
June jobless rate for people 25+ with
B.A. or more 2.5%
High school diploma 5.4%
No H.S. 8.2%
on.wsj.com/1LG1B6z http://t.co/luUUuw9h1V—
Sudeep Reddy (@Reddy) July 02, 2015
US, British and French public and private health spending per capita, PPP since 1995
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in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, British economy, France, Health spending
https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/678444166016335872
Source: World Bank Health expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international$) | Data | Table.
What is the success sequence?
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, high school dropouts, marriage and divorce, single parents, success sequence
Source: The success sequence: Conservatives think they have a formula for raising people out of poverty.
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Deaths by Police Taser in the USA in 2015 by race
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, tasers
Rooms per person across the OECD member countries
07 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, urban economics Tags: housing economics, living standards
There are quite large differences in the number of rooms per person in the European offshoots and the countries in Europe. Americans have much more room per person than the much exalted welfare states of northern Europe.
Source: OECD Better Life Index – Data extracted on 07 Jan 2016 06:55 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat
Gun share prices skyrocket
07 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, financial economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: gun control
2015 police shootings of unarmed blacks by cause
06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, police shootings
Despite what you see on TV, surprisingly few unarmed people are shot because they are reaching for a weapon. Most unarmed suspects shot by police last year were resisting arrest. A few were killed in crossfire or by mistake. The chart below does not include unarmed Blacks who were attacking police when they were shot and killed according to Washington Post database.
Police killings of the mentally ill by threat level in 2015
06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, police shootings
Jason Furman on residential housing supply, NIMBYism, and economic growth
05 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land use planning, RMA, zoning
Police killings of Blacks in 2015 by threat level
05 Jan 2016 1 Comment
in economics of crime, politics - USA Tags: law and order, police shootings
2015 police killings by threat level
04 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - USA
Despite the media hype this year, surprisingly few people are shot by police who are unarmed and not resisting. The Washington Post estimated that less than 5% of police killings are in any way suspicious.
Source: Investigation: Police shootings – Washington Post.
When I previously posted data such as this on the Data is Beautiful sub-Reddit, some of the comments accused me of racism. Apparently, to post data from a highly reputable source on police shootings by threat level is a racist act.
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