Behold: The most important economic chart in Western civilization. ow.ly/Moa2h @JimPethokoukis http://t.co/s1lzl1HLb9—
(@AEI) May 01, 2015
Poverty under capitalism
03 May 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The mass kidnapping of Occupy activists has extended to New Zealand
01 May 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: capitalism and freedom, Left-wing hypocrisy, mass kidnappings, Occupy Wall Street, The Great Enrichment, top 1%
Mass kidnappings is the only reason why the Occupy activists are not dancing seen in the streets to celebrate the steady fall of poverty in New Zealand over the last 20 years but for the hick-up of the GFC.
Happy May Day
01 May 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, fall of communism, full of Soviet Union, May Day
![The people of the two nations [French and English] must be brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each other's wants. There is no other way of counteracting the antagonism of language and race. It is God's own method of producing an entente cordiale, and no other plan is worth a farthing. - Richard Cobden](https://i0.wp.com/izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-the-people-of-the-two-nations-french-and-english-must-be-brought-into-mutual-dependence-by-the-richard-cobden-370001.jpg)
Still further evidence of the rise and rise of the working rich
21 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: capitalism and freedom, entrepreneurial alertness, The Great Enrichment, top 1%, working rich
Helicopter parents alert: There’s never been a safer time to be a kid
20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health and safety, health economics Tags: accident rates, capitalism and freedom, child rearing, economics of the family, health and safety, Helicopter parents, moral panic, The Great Escape
It is India, not China that will be the standout growth miracle between now and 2030
18 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, China, extreme poverty, global poverty, India
60 years ago North Korea was richer than the South
15 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, China, North Korea, South Korea
Where does democracy figure in the cycle of development thinking?
13 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, democracy and freedom, IMF, ODA, rule of law, UN, World Bank
just brilliant: hype cycle for development ideas by @dalgoso http://t.co/UQX3tRHOBJ—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) January 03, 2014
The history of medicine
10 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, life expectancy, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Poverty will not always be with us
10 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Fact
via Poverty: Not always with us | The Economist
where do the extreme poor live? this @worldbank graphic wont tell you as it ignores new survey data 4 Nigeria & India http://t.co/APb0M0TuYK—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) April 14, 2014
Capitalism and freedom is noticeably missing from this survey of UN effectiveness
09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: capitalism and freedom, overseas development assistance, UN
perceptions of the UN's impact from the development community http://t.co/k8XYisxGaK—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) October 07, 2014
Milton Friedman vs. an Academic Socialist
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in Milton Friedman Tags: capitalism and freedom
The mass kidnappings of environmental activists has extended to Europe
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism Tags: activists, capitalism and freedom, do gooders, green hypocrisy
Europe is getting greener.
Here is the comparison between today and 1900. http://t.co/GFMXD6Bd6c—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 15, 2015
There is no other explanation for why they are not dancing in the streets to celebrate the greening of Europe under capitalism and freedom.
19 incumbent African leaders have been defeated at the polls
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: Africa, capitalism and freedom, free elections, second turnover
After Nigeria, 19 incumbent African leaders have been defeated at the polls. Ever. (ht @calestous) http://t.co/nRdeFYS122—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 02, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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