Social change in America
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in political change, politics - USA Tags: political psychology, reference formation, voter demographics
Americans' views on some social issues move in one direction, while views on others ebb & flow nytimes.com/2015/06/30/ups… http://t.co/XWhqiv6jMx—
NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) June 30, 2015
Political donors back winners just before they start winning
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: campaign finance reform, campaign finance regulation, political lobbyists, pressure groups, voter demographics
Several major industries have shifted their political donations to Republicans from Democrats: nytimes.com/interactive/20… http://t.co/qYgOdbeZAp—
NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) June 29, 2015
Millennials’ Political Views Don’t Make Any Sense
22 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of information, economics of media and culture, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: antiforeign bias, antimarket bias, expressive voting, make-work bias, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, voter demographics
Millennial politics is simple, really. Young people support big government, unless it costs any more money. They’re for smaller government, unless budget cuts scratch a program they’ve heard of. They’d like Washington to fix everything, just so long as it doesn’t run anything.
Young people lean way left on issues like gay marriage, pot, and immigration. On abortion and gun control, they swim closer to the rest of the electorate.
But on economics, they’re all over the map. You get the sense, reading the Reason Foundation and Pew studies, that a savvy pollster could trick a young person into supporting basically any economic policy in the world with the right combination of triggers. Conservative and liberal partisans can cherry-pick this survey to paint Millennials as whatever ideology they want.
On spending:
Conservatives can say: 65 percent of Millennials would like to cut spending.
Liberals can say: 62 percent would like to spend more on infrastructure and jobs.On taxes:
Conservatives can say: 58 percent of Millennials want to cut taxes overall.
Liberals can say: 66 percent want to raise taxes on the wealthy.On government’s role in our lives:
Conservatives can say: 66 percent of Millennials say that “when something is funded by the government, it is usually inefficient and wasteful.”
Liberals can say: More than two-thirds think the government should guarantee food, shelter, and a living wage.On government size:
Conservatives can say: 57 percent want smaller government with fewer services (if you mention the magic word “taxes”).
Liberals can say: 54 percent want larger government with more services (if you don’t mention “taxes”).
via Millennials’ Political Views Don’t Make Any Sense – The Atlantic and This poll proves that millennials have totally incoherent political views – Vox.
More Liberals but not fewer Conservatives in the USA
14 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, voter demographics
Heard that conservatives are disappearing? Don't believe it: 53eig.ht/1Qp1Vej http://t.co/MPIFSAFeOs—
(@FiveThirtyEight) June 10, 2015
Economists are actually centre-left but are conservative compared to anthropologists
04 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics, labour economics, occupational choice, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: academic bias, voter demographics
Verdant Labs published charts on the average political affiliations of various professions. Data from the Federal Election Commission on contributions to political parties was used that information as a proxy for political views. The ratios are Democrats (blue) vs. Republicans (red).
via Chart: The most liberal and conservative jobs in America – The Washington Post.
The British electorate is almost as right-wing as New Zealand’s
30 May 2015 Leave a comment
People in Britain who bothered to vote: on the whole, as @NickCohen4 points out, fairly Right-wing http://t.co/BFYRBVnray—
Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) May 30, 2015
The Problem With Unions
26 May 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, unions Tags: union membership, union power, union wage premium, voter demographics
As wages go nowhere, labor unions are increasingly making sense to American workers read.bi/1WzeXX4 http://t.co/sbxQzcuUkC—
BI Markets (@themoneygame) August 17, 2015
From a macro-level by Richard Posner:
Current union hostility to immigrant workers is consistent with the unions’ former hostility to blacks and women–which is to say, to workers willing to work for a wage below the union wage. And by raising labor costs, unions accelerate the substitution of capital for labor, further depressing the demand for labor and hence average wages. Union workers, in effect, exploit nonunion workers, as well as reducing the overall efficiency of the economy. The United Auto Workers has done its part to place the Detroit auto industry on the road to ruin.
From a micro-level by Pajamas Media:
One afternoon I was helping oversee the plant while upper management was off site. The workers brought an RV into the loading yard with a female “entertainer” who danced for them and then “entertained” them in the RV. With no other management around, I went…
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Bill Shorten on why the Greens do not win working class votes
25 May 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: Australian Greens, Australian Labor Party, expressive voting, Inner-city Left, New Zealand Greens, voter demographics
The Labor Party on why the Greens do not win working class votes
24 May 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: animal rights, Australian Greens, do gooders, expressive voting, New South Wales election, New Zealand Greens, voter demographics, workers rights
Voters think raising the minimum wage is more pro-growth than business tax cuts
24 May 2015 Leave a comment
Public confidence in the police in America
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, police, voter demographics
Can there be a shy NZ Labour vote when voter turnout is already high?
12 May 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: a shy Labour voter, shy Tories, voter demographics, voter turnout
The Left over Left truly believes there is a shy Labour vote out there waiting for the call of hard left policies. One flaw in that hypothesis is voter turnout in New Zealand is high by international standards.
Indeed, voter turnout doesn’t seem to vary that much with the political composition of governments. Despite compulsory voting, where those shy Labour voters would have to vote, most of the post-war period in Australia was governed by the Liberal party.
Russians are surprisingly trusting of their politicians
12 May 2015 Leave a comment
A 2012 poll found that 62% of British voters agreed that “politicians tell lies all the time” econ.st/1ANQGPS http://t.co/3oH0FsHf0V—
The Economist (@EconEconomics) May 10, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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