3 common myths about capitalism
05 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Fact
Coal is the best resource we have in the fight to end poverty
04 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: coal prices, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
The Reversal of Fortune
31 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Fact
BS @WorldBank that #climateaction = no sacrifice 4 poor countries @cjsnowdon @RichardTol @BjornLomborg @WBG_Climate
30 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economics, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmism, The Great Escape
Night-light maps shows huge need 4 #infrastructure investment in African #cities. Video: wrld.bg/Ufzpy https://t.co/BJXzwAZPyE—
World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015
The Great Escape into the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
30 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Latin America, The Great Escape, Withering away of the proletariat
Source: World Bank Economic slowdown puts the brakes on middle class growth in Latin America | The Data Blog
One of the rich countries so glum
28 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The contributions of William Easterly
24 May 2016 Leave a comment
in Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics, growth disasters, growth miracles
Alex Epstein champions fossil fuels at the Senate
24 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics Tags: The Great Enrichment
The Great Escape in one picture of fertility and infant mortality
24 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, economics of fertility, infant mortality, The Great Escape
Without one-child policy, China still might not see baby boom, gender balance
20 May 2016 Leave a comment
Extreme poverty in Uganda, Swaziland and Botswana @jasonhickel @Carolyn_nth
17 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: antimarket bias, Botswana, economics of AIDS, life expectancies, reactionary left, Swaziland, The Great Escape, Uganda
Since 1985, extreme poverty has halved in Botswana and dropped by a 3rd in Swaziland and Uganda.
Source: World Poverty – Our World In Data.
Life expectancies are increasing again in Swaziland and Botswana after the HIV epidemic has come under more control.
Source: Life Expectancy by Age in selected Country from 1990 to 2013 | Health Intelligence
Source: Life Expectancy by Age in selected Country from 1990 to 2013 | Health Intelligence
Closer to achieving #foodsecurity in #WestAfrica w/ 60% decline in under-nourished since 90s bit.ly/1M1Fzvt https://t.co/ezPM05lbEo—
(@OECD) October 28, 2015
The battle against Polio in Africa http://t.co/LYB2nGZlAB—
Amazing Maps™ (@amazingmap) June 30, 2015
"Freedom is making gradual progress in Africa…the trends are in the right direction" @bill_easterly #hayek15 https://t.co/Ua1GON7ha2—
IEA (@iealondon) December 02, 2015
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