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If poverty could be solved by experts, we’d have solved it in 30s @HelenClarkUNDP

03 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles

"If…poverty could be solved by experts, we'd have solved it in 30s…problem of poverty is a shortage of rights" pic.twitter.com/XZ19aLOXDd

— IEA (@iealondon) December 2, 2015

Bill Easterly closes the formal proceedings of the evening. #hayek15 pic.twitter.com/ntVyjqGtUF

— IEA (@iealondon) December 2, 2015

Here's @bill_easterly 's action plan to end poverty. #hayek15 pic.twitter.com/NroGZLy0yE

— IEA (@iealondon) December 2, 2015

We see progress against poverty in the world because political and economy liberty- W Easterly #hayek15 @iealondon pic.twitter.com/DkvEMkNqaj

— esesteban.eth (@menosgobierno) December 2, 2015

Share of world poverty has halved in last 20 years

29 Nov 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, expressive voting, extreme poverty The Great Fact, global poverty, rational ignorance, rational rationality, voter demographics

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/630066216158261248/photo/1

Since 1820 the world's population increased 7x while extreme poverty fell from 94% to 14%. buff.ly/1hgHIrb http://t.co/0dx4GE4Uqc—
Jeremiah Dillon (@jeremiahdillon) August 07, 2015

How the World Income distribution changed during the last 50 years @jeremycorbyn

23 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Twitter left

What Do the Newly Released Poverty Figures Show?

20 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, The Great Escape, World Bank

The western environmental movement’s role in China’s one-child policy

19 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: China, cranks, doomsday profits, doomsday prophecies, one child policy

Oof: The western environmental movement's role in China's one-child policy https://t.co/G13u7WZLuN via @mattwridley pic.twitter.com/asvQwC9pkG

— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) November 8, 2015

Deirdre McCloskey on Piketty, the Bourgeoisie Deal, the Bolshevik Deal, and the Bridal Deal

17 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: bourgeoisie deal, capitalism and freedom, Deirdre McCloskey, industrial revolution, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Thomas Piketty

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@HelenClarkUNDP @OxfamGB @GreenpeaceUSA support energy poverty in Africa

14 Nov 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, child poverty, energy poverty, extreme hunger, extreme poverty, global hunger, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Great Escape

https://twitter.com/WorldBank/status/664161394955304961

Night-light maps shows huge need 4 #infrastructure investment in African #cities. Video: https://t.co/21z0sT1fXk pic.twitter.com/BJXzwAZPyE

— World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015

Breathing Beijing’s air

10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

Breathing Beijing’s air: the equivalent of smoking nearly 40 cigarettes a day. http://t.co/7M3TxrgUPD—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 13, 2015

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The Great Fact in 2 charts

10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China, India, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

世界の所得分布、1988 → 2011年　https://t.co/f1tBZIpn56
この間の世界の富裕分の殆どを中国で説明できそうだ。インドはあまり変わってない。 pic.twitter.com/ygWYornmY8

— Spica (@CasseCool) October 19, 2015

@oxfamnz @GreenpeaceNZ get your ODA priorities straight

08 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

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Robert Lucas on income redistribution and economic growth

05 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: capitalism and freedom, industrial revolution, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/661735370141356032

Chinese birth and death rates and the Chinese population since 1950

04 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: China, economics of fertility, one child policy, The fatal conceit, The pretense to knowledge, unintended consequences

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/660030711278227456

#Africa is turning democratic

01 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Public Choice Tags: Africa, capitalism and freedom

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/660272779644805120

Chinese and Hong Kong fertility since the one child policy was adopted

01 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics, population economics Tags: China, economics of fertility, Hong Kong, one child policy, The fatal conceit, The pretense to knowledge

Hong Kong's fertility rate decreased simultaneously with China's, yet without force. https://t.co/E3xaErHxop pic.twitter.com/KwNN34qI4S

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) October 30, 2015

The Chinese one-child policy resulted in a dangerous gender imbalance. https://t.co/VEvgqVAtd4 pic.twitter.com/0NMqdyoAlV

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) October 29, 2015

@oxfamnz The Great Escape from starving Africa

29 Oct 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles

Closer to achieving #foodsecurity in #WestAfrica w/ 60% decline in under-nourished since 90s https://t.co/UM9y3rjOls pic.twitter.com/ezPM05lbEo

— OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives (@OECD) October 28, 2015

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