via A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD | Tax Foundation.
The average worker doesn’t pay much in income taxes in New Zealand. Then who does?
17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics, taxation Tags: growth of government, size of government, tax burdens, taxation and the labour supply
The time when the mass kidnappings of principled anti-war activists started has been uncovered
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: activists, anti-war movement, expressive voting, green hypocrisy, Left-wing hypocrisy, Leftover Left, mass kidnappings, peace movement
via What’s Wrong With the U.S. Peace Movement, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty.
Personal cameras as evidence that criminal deterrence works and works well
16 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: body cameras, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, police, prisons
Hutt City Council parking wardens are the latest in a long line of frontline staff to wear lapel cameras to deter assaults and verbal abuse. These lapel cameras are another illustration about how criminals and miscreants respond to incentives and are deterred by a greater prospect of being caught, convicted and punished. In the case of lapel cameras, there is a greater prospect of been identified and recorded for later proceedings.
The introduction of personal cameras in New Zealand prisons in high risk areas lead to a large reduction in the number of incidents of violence and abuse towards prison staff. Chief custodial officer Neil Beales said:
The use of on body cameras has led to a 15 to 20 per cent reduction in disruptive incidents (which can range from very minor to more serious) in units where cameras were used, compared with units where they were not used.
Even hardened prison inmates respond to incentives and a greater prospect of being caught and punished.
The introduction of personal cameras is not a priority for the New Zealand police. Mention was made of a six year long budget freeze as one of the reasons.
The first randomized controlled trial of police body cameras in the USA showed that cameras sharply reduce the use of force by police and the number of citizen complaints.
In Seattle, where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December, the police department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect privacy.
Share of university degrees conferred to U.S. women since 1970
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: lost boys, reversing gender gap
Share of university degrees conferred to U.S. women since 1970 (via @MaxCRoser) http://t.co/FUGrM7WbJd—
Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) July 09, 2015
Poverty rates among immigrants and natives across the OECD
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, child poverty, economics of immigration, family poverty
From the dissenting opinion of Justice Thomas in BRUMFIELD v. CAIN, WARDEN
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA
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
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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