Digital technologies spread faster than sanitation in low and middle income countries. https://t.co/KNKFNwTkwn pic.twitter.com/XD7YesgSte
— World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) February 19, 2016
Digital technologies spread faster than sanitation in low and middle income countries.
20 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
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Renewable energy is the biggest air pollution killer out there
18 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
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Source: World Health Organisation.
How did India’s billionaires make their fortunes
17 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation Tags: billionaires, entrepreneurial alertness, India, superstars, top 1%
A decent number of India’s billionaires founded a company.
How did the Chinese billionaires make their money?
15 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, growth miracles, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics Tags: billionaires, China, entrepreneurial alertness, superstars, top 1%
@NewStatesman @WebbTrust prize-winning essay on inequality missed The Great Escape
13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, Leftover Left, rational irrationality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Twitter left
Source: How can growth reduce inequality?
When my father was born, 7 in 10 people lived in absolute poverty.
Today, it's 1 in 10! https://t.co/1Caqku3AY1—
Tim Fernholz (@TimFernholz) October 21, 2015
世界の所得分布、1988 → 2011年 ourworldindata.org/VisualHistoryO…
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。 https://t.co/ygWYornmY8—
Spica (@Kelangdbn) October 19, 2015
There is widespread ignorance of The Great Escape
13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: rational ignorance, rational rationality, The Great Escape
Chileans’ life expectancy is now higher than Americans’, while Venezuela’s still catching up
08 Feb 2016 1 Comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Chile, life expectancies, The Great Escape, Venezuela
@paul1kirby why does @OECD claim that Indians trust their judicial system so much?
07 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, growth disasters, law and economics, property rights Tags: bribery and corruption, capitalism and freedom, doing business, economics of corruption, Index of Economic Freedom, India, rule of law
For a country riddled with corruption, Indians report the surprising amount of confidence in their courts despite the corruption in those courts as well.
Source: Index of Economic Freedom.
#TPPANoWay @oxfamNZ @GreenpeaceUSA The Effects of Globalization
07 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, Marxist economics Tags: customs unions, expressive voting, free trade, Leftover Left, ODA, preferential trading agreements, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, TPA, TPPA, Twitter left, Tyler Cowen
Why Does 1% of History Have 99% of the Wealth? @Oxfam #TPPANoWay
06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, international economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, free trade, global poverty, globalisation, industrial revolution, international technology diffusion, technology diffusion, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact, TPPA
@OwenJones84 @K_Niemietz Venezuelan, Chilean and Chinese index of economic freedom rankings 2016
06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
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North and South America at night
06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
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@OwenJones84 @K_Niemietz Ease of Doing Business in Latin America and the Caribbean – World Bank rankings
05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
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Source: World Bank Doing Business Database 2015.
@OwenJones84 @K_Niemietz GDP per capita has not more than doubled @chavezcandanga
05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: Argentina, Chile, China, left-wing populism, Leftover Left, Oil prices, The Great Fact, Twitter left, Venezuela
Source: The Conference Board. 2015. The Conference Board Total Economy Database™, May 2015, http://www.conference-board.org/data/economydatabase/
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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