Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth miracles, macroeconomics Tags: China, India
If you are someone from a high-income country, or even just a high-income city, and you travel to other places, you are familiar with finding that, at least sometimes, many items are considerably cheaper in the low-income country: food and meals, entertainment and even health care. As a result, $100 of buying power in the…
International Comparisons with a PPP Metric
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: China
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in economic history, health economics, Marxist economics Tags: China
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in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles Tags: China
Obsessing about Chinese coal power, and its imagined effect on air temperatures, doesn’t stop the same people doing the obsessing from buying Chinese products made using that power, such as wind turbines, batteries and solar panels. – – – China ramped up coal power capacity last year, according to new analysis, despite a pledge to […]
New coal plants in China ‘soar’, dismaying climate worriers
30 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: China
There has been fairly predictable outrage this week at the revelation by Judith Collins, the minister in charge of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and Security Intelligence Service (SIS), that China spied on our Parliament in 2021. China has denied the accusation, but knowing Judith Collins as I do – and have done for…
DON BRASH: SPYING: IT’S WHAT GREAT POWERS DO
28 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China
I wonder how their solar panels and frost sensitive EVs are working out for them?
Beijing Breaks Seven Decade Cold Weather Record
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We introduce a structural econometric model to estimate the extent to which the Chinese government bans U.S. movies. According to our estimates, if a movie has characteristics similar to the median movie in our sample, then the probability is approximately 0.91 that the Chinese government will ban it. During our sample period, 1994-2019, U.S. movies […]
Censorship of U.S. Movies in China
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China
The Biden administration has pledged millions of dollars to a de facto international “climate reparations” fund at the United Nations (UN) climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Biden Admin Pledges Millions To International ‘Climate Reparations’ Fund
27 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, Marxist economics Tags: China
24 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, Marxist economics Tags: China
14 Jul 2023 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: China
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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