Lifetime likelihood of imprisonment in the USA

13 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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Cats Are Democrats, Dogs Are Republicans

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by Jim Rose in cats, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: ,

There Is No Global Jihadist ‘Movement’ — Atlantic Mobile

13 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

Some nice charts about how ISIS is more a rabble that happens to survive because of the lack of unity among its many enemies which include the Iraqi government government and its army that runaway.

HT: http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/03/there-is-no-global-jihadist-movement/387502/?utm_source=SFFB

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Come back Richard Nixon, all is forgiven

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The Mass Flourishing explained

12 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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Unemployment by education

11 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, great recession, human capital, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, unemployment Tags:

The UN Special rapporteur on torture dropped the ball on impartiality

11 Mar 2015 2 Comments

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: , , , ,

Fox News is the most trusted news source among independents, the American term for the swinging voter

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by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, politics - USA Tags: ,

Figure 1: Whose news coverage do you trust the most?

 

via Why Fox News Is Winning | RealClearPolitics.

Democrats See The Media As Biased Against Clinton | FiveThirtyEight

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by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, politics - USA Tags: , ,

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It’s usually Republicans who rely on “media bias” as a political defense and GOP voters who think the press is gunning for their candidates. Democrats are more likely to trust the media.

via Democrats See The Media As Biased Against Clinton | FiveThirtyEight.

The rise and rise of the working rich in the top 1% in the USA

10 Mar 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, politics - USA

Most of the income of the top 1% in the USA is now from wages, salaries and entrepreneurial income. They make it themselves. They do not sit back and collect dividends from passive investments.

Hillary Clinton Is More Vulnerable in 2016 Than You Think

10 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, politics - USA

Via Hillary Clinton Is More Vulnerable in 2016 Than You Think – NYTimes.com.

Fox News is easily the most trusted news channel

10 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme?

10 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags: , ,

How moms and dads spend their time: 1965 vs 2011

10 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/574115033178894336

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This question should be asked more often about the regulation of purported natural monopolies

09 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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