Students Say Obama Immigration Quote Is Racist… When They Think It’s From Trump
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in economics of crime, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of immigration
Fact versus opinion on green energy in the climate emergency
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nuclear energy
Paul Krugman on virtue signaling over sweatshop labour in export industries in poor countries
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in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice Tags: child labour, The Great Escape
AUSTRALIAN CRAWL Shut Down STEREO Countdown Appearance 27/6/82
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The scourge of polio
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in economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Escape, vaccines
Global energy demand to double by 2050
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While many richer countries play fake climate games with their so-called ‘virtue signalling’ energy policies, the not-so-well-off majority try to get more access to those same power sources which are so necessary for better living conditions, e.g. air conditioning in hotter countries, and for general prosperity and health: more schools, hospitals, roads and all the rest.
Global power consumption will more than double over the next 30 years, says The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF).
Global oil and gas demand will respectively surge 22% and 66% from 2020 to 2050. There’s an unimaginable urbanization boom occurring around the world that means more energy use.
We, of course, don’t see much of it here in the West, but global cities swell in population by some 80 million people every year: e.g., the rise of the “megacity” with 10 million residents.
Basically all population growth in the decades ahead will take…
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NYT Does More Weird Science: Heat Waves
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Ronald Bailey writes at Reason The New York Times Says Heat Waves Are Getting Worse. The National Climate Assessment Disagrees. Excerpts in italics with my bolds.
Americans east of the Rockies are sweltering as daytime temperatures soar toward 100 degrees or more. It is now customary for journalists covering big weather events to speculate on how man-made climate change may be affecting them, and the current heat wave is no exception. Take this headline in The New York Times: “Heat Waves in the Age of Climate Change: Longer, More Frequent and More Dangerous.”
As evidence, the Times cites the U.S. Global Change Research Program, reporting that “since the 1960s the average number of heat waves—defined as two or more consecutive days where daily lows exceeded historical July and August temperatures—in 50 major American cities has tripled.” That is indeed what the numbers show. But it seems odd…
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Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller) Reviews Magic Tricks in The Prestige, Arrested Development and More
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