Alaska becomes 3rd state to officially OK marijuana use. Here are 6 facts: http://t.co/jMOdhLzRoT pic.twitter.com/6GYTkUqs9K
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Hauser’s Law of marginal tax rates and tax revenue
26 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: Director's Law, Marginal tax rates
No matter what the tax rates have been, in post-war America tax revenues have remained at about 19.5% of GDP.
Is Piketty a double secret neoliberal? A charter schools fan even?
25 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, human capital, labour economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: Paul Krugman, Thomas Piketty
The shifting sources of greenhouse gas emissions
24 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: China, climate alarmism, free riding, game theory, global public goods, global warming
Julie Anne Gentner’s myths about health insurance in the USA
24 Feb 2015 Leave a comment




Some people should check their statistics on the Internet before migrating in disgust.
"Paul Samuelson" on the New Zealand superannuation fund beating the market
24 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
A B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building, 1945
24 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, transport economics Tags: Empire State Building
The economic performance of the USA, Japan and the European Union prior to the global financial crisis
23 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags: Euroland, GFC, global financial crisis

Source: Edward Prescott
How are women doing in the US when it comes to political & business leadership positions
23 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of marriage, gender, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: engines of liberation, gender wage gap
On arguments from authority
22 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, conjecture and refutation, philosophy of science
US post-war economic booms compared
22 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags: Edward Prescott

Source: Edward Prescott


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