Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in politics - USA Tags: life expectancies
Harrison Ruffin Tyler – the last living grandson of the 10th president John Tyler – died this past Sunday evening, May 25th at the age of 96. Harrison Tyler was a businessman, a chemical engineer and a passionate preservationist. In the mid-1970s Harrison purchased, and spent years restoring, Sherwood Forest Plantation, America’s longest framed home […]
Harrison R. Tyler (1928 – 2025)
05 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, health economics, Marxist economics, transport economics Tags: Cuba, life expectancies
I have received news that a short article submitted to Health Policy & Planning has been accepted for publication. In the article, I argue that the statistics regarding Cuba’s health care are distorted by the incentives generated by the target system under which physicians must operate (at the threat of penalties). To meet their targets, they re-categorize […]
Forthcoming – Cuban Infant Mortality and Longevity: Health Care or Repression?
14 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies
This paper estimates the economic value to the United States of eliminating cancer mortality over a 35-year horizon beginning in 2030, which would eliminate 30.7 million cancer deaths with a total mortality burden of 380 million life-years. We quantify the economic value of this substantial reduction in cancer mortality by incorporating the monetized value of…
The economic value of eliminating cancer
16 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Escape
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, life expectancies, The Great Escape
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in economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Escape
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in health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, child mortality, infant mortality, life expectancies, vaccines
20 Aug 2025 1 Comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies
Stats NZ have published the latest life expectancy at birth data. Here’s the increase for each ethnic and gender group from 2006 to 2023. This is what TPM presumably calls genocide!
Maori life expectancy rising the fastest
25 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, econometerics, health economics, politics - USA Tags: cancer survival rates, life expectancies, racial discrimination
Racial differences in mortality are large, persistent and likely caused, at least in part, by racism. While the causal pathways linking racism to mortality are conceptually well defined, empirical evidence to support causal claims related to its effect on health is incomplete. In this study, we provide a unique set of facts about racial disparities […]
Racial Disparities in Mortality by Sex, Age, and Cause of Death
26 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of media and culture, gender, health economics, human capital, labour economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, gender gap, life expectancies, political correctness, regressive left
This article was mentioned in a comment by reader Ted Gold, but I thought I would highlight it just to show that when the rubber meets the road, people recognize that, yes, there are just two sexes. This is from the NYT on Feb. 25th. Click headline to read, or find the article archived here. […]
More tacit recognition of two sexes in humans
02 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
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in economic history, environmental economics, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, child mortality, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Escape, vaccines
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in health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Escape
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