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NIMBY: Where, When, And to Which Developers It Happens in the USA
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: green rent seeking, Inner-city Left, land supply, land use planning, NIMBYs, zoning
How many working poor in USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand?
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in international economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, low pay, New Zealand, social insurance, welfare state, working poor
Figure 1: working poor – proportion of employed persons with income below the poverty line (50% of median disposable income) living in households with a working age head and at least one worker in USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, 2013
Source: In It Together – Why Less Inequality Benefits All – © OECD 2015, OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD), www.oecd.org/social/income-distribution-database.htm, Table 1.A1.1. Key indicators on the distribution of household disposable income and poverty, 2007, 2011 and 2013 or most recent year.
I thought solar energy supplied more energy than this
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: Big Solar, climate alarmism, global warming, renewable energy, solar energy
These solar power plants provided around 0.11% of US electricity in 2012. vox.com/2014/6/12/5803… http://t.co/z7gUh0ofdD—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) April 09, 2015
Members of Congress spend a ton of time fundraising
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: campaign finance reform, campaign finance regulation, lobbying, special interests
Does education pay in New Zealand?
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: College premium, graduate premium
Immigrants and their children across the OECD
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of identity, economics of immigration
Registering property in the USA, UK, Germany and France – World Bank Doing Business rankings compared
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: British economy, doing business, France, Germany
Figure 1: registering property rankings, USA, UK, Germany and France – World Bank Doing Business rankings, 2014
Source: Doing Business – Measuring Business Regulations – World Bank Group.
Females/male earnings ratio by partner status and motherhood – USA, UK, Canada
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, British economy, Canada, gender wage gap, marriage and divorce, motherhood penalty
Figure 1: Female/male earnings ratio by partner status and motherhood, 2004 
Source: LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg – Wave VI; individuals with positive earnings only. .
Which industries have the highest hourly earnings?
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: compensating differential, labour productivity, relative wages, superstar wages, superstars
Which industries have the highest hourly earnings h/t @WSJecon blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015… | http://t.co/xaYaRgOrku—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 06, 2015
Puerto Rico’s economy can’t handle the federal minimum wage
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Federalism, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: federalism, living wage, Puerto Rico, sovereign default
Puerto Rico's economy can't handle the federal minimum wage. bit.ly/1IEJIEi http://t.co/D3mzOmlnJa—
Manhattan Institute (@ManhattanInst) July 07, 2015
Only one poll number says anything meaningful about 2016
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, voter demographics
Right now, only one poll number says anything meaningful about 2016. My @monkeycageblog post: washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-c… http://t.co/BJ7ixc5m0W—
Patrick J. Egan (@Patrick_J_Egan) July 10, 2015
Starting a business rankings in the USA, UK, Germany and France compared
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: British economy Doing Business, France, Germany, World Bank
Figure 1: Starting a business rankings, USA, UK, Germany and France – World Bank Doing Business rankings, 2014
Source: Doing Business – Measuring Business Regulations – World Bank Group.
I have no idea why you have to pledge one third of German per capita income to start a business in Germany. It takes about a week and a half a dozen procedures to start a business in the other countries.
In New Zealand, you can start a business within the hour by registering for GST and registering your company online.
Environmentalists have been losing the battle for public opinion for some time
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, technological progress Tags: air pollution, climate alarmism, conservation, voter demographics, water pollution
Poverty rates by age of youngest child – USA, UK, Canada and Australia
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, child poverty, family poverty, marriage and divorce, single mothers, single parents
Figure 1: poverty rates by age of youngest child, 2004
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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