What the smart money says about @therealdonaldtrump
08 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election
US federal revenue has always hovered around 17% of GDP.
07 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, public economics Tags: growth of government, Houser's law, size of government
@NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ #NEWZEALAND best prepared for #climatechange almost
07 Sep 2015 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, global warming
Teenage alcohol consumption across countries
06 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: alcohol regulation, economics of prohibition, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
Maybe teaching quality does matter
05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, politics - USA Tags: economics of teachers
Creative destruction in taxi medallion sales
05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: taxi regulation, Uber
The Antiscience Left and GMOs
05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: agricultural economics, antiscience left, conjecture and refutation, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, creative destruction, GMOs, infotopia, risk risk trade-offs
Life Expectancy in the #EU and the #US
02 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: EU, life expectancy, The Great Escape
Life Expectancy in the #EU and the #US
by RegioGIS http://t.co/cp7t0ee9wF—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 22, 2015
Longest time without a recession
02 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Australia, recessions and recoveries
Uber and the Great Taxicab Collapse
02 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxi regulation, Uber
Single motherhood and the feminisation of poverty
31 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, child poverty, economics and fertility, engines of liberation, family poverty, marriage and divorce, marriage premium, single mothers, single parents
43.1% of single mothers are living in poverty this #MothersDay statusofwomendata.org http://t.co/OgWcmvLnDZ—
IWPR (@IWPResearch) May 10, 2015
The trouble with boys
31 Aug 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, welfare reform Tags: economics of the family, lost boys, reversing gender gap, single mothers, single parents
The Trouble w Boys: U Chicago study: boys fr non-intact homes esp likely to struggle in school nber.org/papers/w17541 http://t.co/31xyA4BVQH—
W Bradford Wilcox (@WilcoxNMP) June 18, 2015

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