Dual income nation
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, dual income couples, economics of families, reversing gender gap
America’s wars
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: American Civil War, Korean war, Revolutionary War, Vietnam war, War of 1812, World War I, World War II
Undeclared war:
bloom.bg/17bV5nM http://t.co/xx51J6R0sA—
Bloomberg VisualData (@BBGVisualData) May 31, 2015
Solar and wind power – forever just round the corner
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, creative destruction, green rent seeking, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
The role of low wages in poverty
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: expressive politics, Leftover Left, poverty, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Gender wage gap, USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand since 2001
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, gender, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Australia, British economy, gender wage gap
Figure 1: Gender wage gap (unadjusted % difference between median wages of male and female full-time employees)
Source: OECD StatExtract.
The key skill of consultants
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, occupational choice, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: charlatans, consultants, market for experts
Where Cannabis is legal
03 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, medical marijuana decriminalisation, nanny state
Map of where Cannabis is legal (2014)
From: bit.ly/1uZ2uvq http://t.co/e0W7fJ8FZC—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 30, 2015
45% of Australia and New Zealand are immigrants or their children
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of immigration
The media history of climate change scares
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, industrial organisation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: climate alarmism, global cooling, global warming, media bias
War Plan Red: The 1930 US War Department plan to invade Canada
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Canada
War Plan Red: The 1930 US War Department plan to invade Canada – bit.ly/1srJcxW via @ezraklein http://t.co/ai3A96nY34—
Brilliant Maps (@BrilliantMaps) December 14, 2014
What is the most common use of a gun at crime scenes?
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, gun control
Senate Voting Relationships, 1993, 2003, 2013
02 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: political polarisation, U.S. Senate
Motives for hate crimes in the USA
02 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: hate crimes, mass shootings
Updated: What we know about the shooting at a Charleston church that left nine dead wapo.st/church-shootin… http://t.co/88gPuzGYcC—
Post Graphics (@PostGraphics) June 19, 2015

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