Free To Choose in Under 2 Minutes episode 4 – From Cradle to Grave
24 May 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in business cycles, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, great depression, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, television, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: health insurance, social insurance, welfare state
Why we’re seeing mass layoffs in the US but not the UK
05 May 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in fiscal policy, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, public economics, unemployment Tags: social insurance, unemployment insurance
Richard Rogerson, Retirement, Home Production and Labor Supply Elasticities
13 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: economics of retirement, female labour force participation, health insurance, labour force participation, social insurance
The Great Society: A New History with Amity Shlaes
02 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, social insurance
Why do @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren lie about the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer?
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economic history, income redistribution, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: 2020 presidential election, child poverty, family poverty, social insurance

In the early 1960s allowing for all benefits, 19.5 % of Americans lived on less than $9,269 2017-dollars per annum. Today only 2.3% do. This @nberpubs
paper by Burkhauser et al on US poverty measurement is essential reading h/t @Noahpinion https://t.co/0W1fgYV9EH pic.twitter.com/e6JZAbvAJg— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) December 15, 2019
War on Poverty has been won @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, social insurance
Economic Inequality: Are We Measuring It Right and What Does It Mean?
02 Feb 2020 1 Comment
by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, health economics, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty, social insurance
Family assistance and poverty traps in America
29 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, social insurance

From @EugeneSteuerle: Combined tax rates and creating a 21st century social welfare budget http://t.co/G6VDDxp0bC pic.twitter.com/aNRPqz5gAc
— Tax Policy Center (@TaxPolicyCenter) June 28, 2015
The Failure of LBJ’s Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century
25 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, welfare reform Tags: LBJ, offsetting behaviour, social insurance, The fatal conceit, unemployment insurance, unintended consequences
The Failure of LBJ’s Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century
24 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, welfare reform Tags: health insurance, social insurance
Alternatives to Obamacare?
22 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: health insurance, social insurance
The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most Nations of Europe @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
01 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: 2020 presidential election, envy, social insurance, The Great Enrichment
Why are America’s poor better off than the average Dane, Swede, British or Canadian? @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
30 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: 2020 presidential election, child poverty, envy, family poverty, social insurance, The Great Enrichment

So USA, Australia and New Zealand spend the same!
29 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in income redistribution, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: social insurance

“Good Intentions” with Walter E. Williams
15 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
by Jim Rose in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, law and order, offsetting behaviour, social insurance, unintended consequences

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