McCloskey explains Modern Economic Growth
06 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The ‘hollowing’ of the American middle class
04 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty, technology diffusion, The Great Enrichment
The present rate of technology adoption is nearly a vertical line —@blackrock https://t.co/3oS3YAI4ld—
Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) January 22, 2016
Everything is better now than it ever has been
10 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Source: Angus Deaton, The Great Escape (2013).
Everything amazing now compared to 1946 but @jacindaardern not happy @dbseymour
10 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
World population living in extreme poverty, 1820-2015
25 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Stossel – The Good New Days
23 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
Fossil fuels and The Great Escape
09 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, energy poverty, extreme poverty, India, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here’s Why.
05 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
Are the Poor Getting Poorer?
28 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
Alex Epstein champions fossil fuels at the Senate
24 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics Tags: The Great Enrichment
Why were 1970s fashions just so bad, so loud?
23 May 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: fashions, The Great Enrichment
My explanation is the rapid income growth in the 1950s and 60s caught fashion designers short.
Comparing different income growth series 1900-2010 bit.ly/195NbKb http://t.co/9Uazhmayd4—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) August 18, 2014
Up until the 1970s, and the swinging 60s in London where a tastes of that, clothing design for the masses is very much functional. It took 10 to 15 years for the fashion designers to work out how to respond to this sudden increase in demand for clothing as an expression of individual identity.
By the 1980s and 1990s, people were able to dress with distinction in finely cut clothing without the need to be gauche and loud.
Basic Facts of Growth and Development
12 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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