Nuclear energy is a seriously safe power source
05 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, health and safety, labour economics Tags: coal prices, comic power, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, risk risk trade-offs, solar power, wind power
Lives saved by nuclear power @GreenpeaceNZ @NZGreens
20 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, environmental economics, health economics Tags: coal, environmental protection, Greenpeace, New Zealand Greens, nuclear power, risk risk trade-offs
Political outlooks and risk perception
29 Nov 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, expressive voting, GMOs, gun control, political psychology, risk risk trade-offs
A hidden cost of terrorism
28 Nov 2015 1 Comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of crime, law and economics, transport economics, war and peace Tags: offsetting the, risk risk trade-offs, unintended consequences, war against terror
At least the good old days didn’t have the precautionary principle
31 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics Tags: expressive voting, precautionary principle, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, risk risk trade-offs
Radiation in Perspective
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, health economics Tags: environmental scares, Green alarmism, risk risk trade-offs
Radiation in Perspective. http://t.co/iuUQboD3un—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 24, 2015
The Antiscience Left and GMOs
05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: agricultural economics, antiscience left, conjecture and refutation, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, creative destruction, GMOs, infotopia, risk risk trade-offs
Should backyard swimming pools be banned?
26 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health and safety, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: gun control, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, risk risk trade-offs
The dangers of different modes of transport
18 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, transport economics Tags: accident rates, risk risk trade-offs
The Nirvana fallacy and vaccinations
28 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement vaccines, Nirvana fallacy, risk risk trade-offs, vaccinations
Dying to be famous: the mortality rates of 1489 rock and pop stars, 1956 and 2006.
24 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, Music, occupational choice Tags: compensating differentials, life expectancy, risk risk trade-offs
Rock/pop star mortality increases relative to the general population with time since fame. Increases are greater in North American stars and those with solo careers.
Relative mortality begins to recover 25 years after fame in European but not North American stars. Those reaching fame from 1980 onwards have better survival rates.
For deceased stars, cause of death was more likely to be substance use or risk-related in those with more adverse childhood experiences.
Those reaching fame from 1980 onwards have better survival rates.
For deceased stars, cause of death was more likely to be substance use or risk-related in those with more adverse childhood experiences.
Green parties score 2/3 on this test?
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, technological progress Tags: 9/11, anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, conspiracy theories, expressive voting, GMOs, inspiriting theorists, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, risk risk trade-offs, vaccines
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