An economics music video: the Hayek versus Keynes rap.

About the market economy of classical Rome (pdf). About labour supply in the Roman Empire (pdf).

Paper on the continuing effects of forced labour system (pdf) in Peru almost 200 years after its abolition.

Various papers on influences on and in contemporary economics. A 1982 paper by Tobin ( Read more... )

Very funny (not strictly demographically accurate, but funny).

Wise advice.

The sort of lead sentence sub-editors pray for:
A floor collapsed beneath a group of about 20 members of Weight Watchers as they gathered to compare how many pounds they had shed over Christmas.

Funny skit about human arrogance.

Nice quote about the appeal of the ( Read more... )

Arguing for full globalisation and as superior to anything-but-labour globalisation.

A study that considers whether disaster relief can lead governments to under-invest in disaster prevention (pdf).

A moving montage of photos and commentary on the burden of aid and Haiti. How not to help Haiti after the earthquake. There are countries poorer ( Read more... )

Massively damaging earthquake in Haiti with epicentre near the capital Port au Prince with great loss of life. Video of the Haiti earthquake. Technical details of the earthquake. Graphic of technical data. Pictures. Satellite photo of centre of Port au Prince (click for higher resolution). About the experience of being in a serious earthquake. This ( Read more... )