The good old days are now

20 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, labour economics, minimum wage, technological progress Tags: , ,

Gary Becker on the weak case for a fat tax

19 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economic history, Gary Becker, health economics, technological progress

Source: Taxing Fat-BECKER – The Becker-Posner Blog.

When the robots came to British agriculture

17 Feb 2016 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, labour economics, technological progress

The first “ultra portable” computer!

15 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, technological progress

https://twitter.com/oldpicsarchive/status/698776455266889732

How often does the human driver take over a self-driving car?

11 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in entrepreneurship, technological progress, transport economics

Poverty’s development 1800-2015

05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, technological progress Tags: , , , ,

There is nothing new about the coming of robots

28 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour supply, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: , , ,

Radios ruined childhoods

23 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, technological progress

Child poverty is twice 30 years ago? @GarethMorgan @povertymonitor @geoffsimmonz

19 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economic history, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, technological progress

Competing views of induced innovation

06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, minimum wage, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: , , , ,

The miracle of air-conditioning

26 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, energy economics, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: , ,

Adoption of new technologies in the US since 1900

20 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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I, Pencil Extended Commentary: Creative Destruction

19 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: , , , , ,

Comparison of the Titanic and a modern cruise ship

18 Dec 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in technological progress, transport economics Tags: ,

How insightful was The Population Bomb

14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth miracles, population economics, resource economics, technological progress Tags: ,

https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/674831519521882112

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