Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, child mortality, child poverty, extreme poverty, infant mortality rates, life expectancies, millennium development goals, The Great Escape
Although there has been a dramatic decline in deaths, most children still die from causes that are readily preventable or curable with existing interventions. Pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria are the leading causes, accounting for 30 percent under-five deaths
via MDG4: A dramatic decline in child mortality over the last 20 years | Open Data.
17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: East Asian Tigers, Latin American populism
Growth paths of #LatAm & the Caribbean the South East Tigers: wrld.bg/NCtLt #RiseoftheSouth http://t.co/IFuUOWldox—
World Bank Pubs (@WBPubs) May 31, 2015
17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism Tags: capitalism and freedom, Deirdre McCloskey, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: capitalism and freedom, China, fall of communism, Leftover Left, transitional economies
As China grew freer economically, its poverty rate fell. buff.ly/1KohOxS http://t.co/OpaxOzNdNs—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 29, 2015
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, cell phones, international technology diffusion, technology diffusion, The Great Fact
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, entrepreneurial alertness, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
"The rich got richer, true. But…" —@DeirdreMcClosk buff.ly/1Imdv4o http://t.co/M3ERx3JTIn—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 28, 2015
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmists, free-riders, game theory, global climate treaties, Green alarmists, healthier is wealthier, international treaties, richer is safer
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, technological progress Tags: activists, do gooders, extreme poverty, global poverty, infant mortality, Left-wing hypocrisy, life expectancies, mass kidnappings, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/621132860657897472/photo/1
The biggest success of our time: Child mortality is decreasing rapidly. Everywhere!
More at: OurWorldInData.org/data/populatio… http://t.co/FhdbQeheUd—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) July 13, 2015
Staggering #inequality: top 1% will own 50% of world's wealth by 2016. Help #EvenitUp! act.oxfam.org/new-zealand/ev… http://t.co/KX9GR2VSo5—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) January 19, 2015
Fossil fuel companies get more subsidies than all the public health spending globally. It's time to #GoCoalFree http://t.co/gsDIocxAq9—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) June 08, 2015
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: China, measurement errors, poverty lines
@MaxCRoser, rather bizarre that this series puts the poverty rate in the UK as more than double that of China! http://t.co/X9KHzlu54I—
Will L (@wjl2133) June 15, 2015
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Beijing, China
MT @MaxCRoser: #Beijing lights at night. Left: 1992, right: 2009 #China #cities #development #geographyteacher http://t.co/gPbaePQv9b—
Stephen Matthews (@srmdrummer) February 16, 2015
14 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: air pollution, climate alarmists, expressive voting, global warming, green hypocrisy, indoor pollution, Kuznets curve, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
The deadliest environmental problem today is indoor air pollution — killing 4 million a year. vox.com/2014/9/15/6150… http://t.co/xtwLRfkVF2—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) June 11, 2015
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in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, professional activists, professional do-gooders, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The world is getting better all the time, in 11 maps and charts vox.com/2015/7/13/8908… http://t.co/cBbN4L0dqF—
Vox (@voxdotcom) July 13, 2015
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in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, China, life expectancies, The Great Escape
Life Expectancy by Age – for all countries in the world: bit.ly/1Ba1R8G
The chart shows progress in #China. http://t.co/z5IpbMkeFW—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 30, 2015
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, British economy, British history, child mortality, child poverty, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
"Today, children in sub-Saharan Africa are more likely…"—Prof. Angus Deaton, @Princeton
Data: buff.ly/1K2tELk http://t.co/lrTdiLi3F7—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) July 12, 2015
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