"In my adult lifetime…"—@mattwridley. See the data for yourself on the decline of hunger: https://t.co/7YSa7HRR7Q pic.twitter.com/UagILuTmP8
— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) December 27, 2015
The Great Fact in my lifetime
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Fact
Chinese and Korean food consumption
25 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China, North Korea. South Korea, The Great Escape
On the decline of socialism in the Americas
21 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela
Global mobile phone and Internet coverage compared
20 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: creative destruction, international technology diffusion, Internet, mobile phones, technology diffusion, The Great Enrichment
North Korea and South Korea: Economic and Military Comparison
15 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: North Korea, South Korea, South Korea North Korea
The Great Escape in infant mortality
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
Polio in Africa
23 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, anti-vaccination movement, polio, The Great Escape, vaccinations, vaccines
The battle against Polio in Africa http://t.co/LYB2nGZlAB—
Amazing Maps™ (@amazingmap) June 30, 2015
The Great Fact in Latin America
19 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Latin America, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
In early 2000s more than 40% of Latin Americans lived on less than $4 a day. What about now? wrld.bg/OK6J6 http://t.co/iEZm030rj6—
World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) June 25, 2015
Who controls what in Libya at the moment
13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, energy economics, growth disasters Tags: Libya, Middle-East politics, Oil prices
@WorldBank is telling porky pies about #EndPoverty and fighting #ClimateChange
13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate aid, climate alarmists, extreme poverty, global poverty, green rent seeking, overseas aid, overseas development assistance, World Bank

Are @JulieAnneGenter @BjornLomborg attending the same #COP21
10 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in development economics, econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate aid, climate alarmism, expressive voting, green rent seeking, New Zealand Greens, ODA, overseas development assistance
Corruption vs. Human Development
09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bribery and corruption, capitalism and freedom, rent seeking, rule of law, The Great Fact
Corruption vs. Human Development (HDI) http://t.co/WNlSMYzdWD—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) August 08, 2015

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