Life was not better for working class people in 1967 than it is today. Many manufacturing jobs (and jobs in coal mining), were dangerous and nasty. (View Post)

The notion that all parties can benefit from trade, not just economically, but socially, by reducing the number of failed states, the level of conflict, and the poverty that is a cause of conflict, i… (View Post)

This applies across the board. It's why the weakest argument against any independence movement is "you'll be worse off economically", because economics is not what drives argument… (View Post)

It’s safe to say that maximisation of income is only one of quite a lot of factors, which drive how people vote, which leaders they support, which revolutions succeed. Many economists don’t get that. (View Post)

The US is not *yet* an autocracy. If it becomes one under Trump, we can safely assume that it will become not just less free but also less competently run. But, if you do want worked examples of effi… (View Post)