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World #journalism: The Australian accused for bad-taste cartoon on #Indians #theaustralian #australia https://t.co/rQ4UkJDKYP—
Matteo Fagotto (@MatteoFagotto) December 14, 2015

Bihar village rejects solar micro-grid and demands 'real' electricity http://t.co/JamgDEetkM via @MailOnline

— sanjeev kumar (@sanjeev079kr) September 3, 2015

Australia has problems with racism but the cartoon isn't racist. We ourselves say feeding our people naturally higher priority than climate.

— Mikesh Patel (@tomilis) December 14, 2015

How insightful was The Population Bomb

14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth miracles, population economics, resource economics, technological progress Tags: cranks, doomsday prophets

https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/674831519521882112

The coalition of obsolete industries still needs your support! Stop progress now?

14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, Luddites, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact

Who controls what in Libya at the moment

13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, energy economics, growth disasters Tags: Libya, Middle-East politics, Oil prices

Check out this map of ISIS areas of influence in Libya from @criticalthreats in @FT today: https://t.co/3altqLQ9RR pic.twitter.com/EVKi66nv4z

— AEI Foreign Policy (@AEIfdp) December 11, 2015

@WorldBank is telling porky pies about #EndPoverty and fighting #ClimateChange

13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

With about $29B towards fighting #ClimateChange, there's a good chance at ending #poverty https://t.co/LKlxpb9YoI pic.twitter.com/5PFWAIBTmP

— World Bank (@WorldBank) December 13, 2015

1.1 BILLION people still lack access to electricity. Learn how we #EndEnergyPoverty https://t.co/KBCxtohIsU pic.twitter.com/eXRcTPpylU

— World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015

#OECD & non-OECD have similar #electricity production rates from #renewables & gas, differ in nuclear & coal #COP21 pic.twitter.com/cr78YeQKjF

— OECD Environment (@OECD_ENV) December 11, 2015

Is it possible to end #poverty by 2030? If we work together, yes! RT to agree: https://t.co/oy5qEcVWV8 pic.twitter.com/5K4Xbz63yx

— World Bank (@WorldBank) December 12, 2015

The carbon imperialism of environmental policy @Mark_J_Perry #Obama #ParisClimateTalks https://t.co/zXvulx5viY pic.twitter.com/UaSyhpG11z

— AEIdeas (@AEIdeas) December 11, 2015

The social, economic and environmental benefit per dollar spent on pursuing different targets for global development 2016-2030

13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics Tags: MDG

Source: The Economist | Copenhagen Consensus Center

Are @JulieAnneGenter @BjornLomborg attending the same #COP21

10 Dec 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose 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

Latest in @Forbes . What Will All the Hot Air in Paris Actually Do? https://t.co/OOD5yKMJxC #COP21 pic.twitter.com/uCp1UVJTSr

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) December 4, 2015

Lets be clear. If countries say they support 1.5C target it means fossil fuels have to go #keepitintheground #COP21 pic.twitter.com/QV8sn3Euz5

— 350 dot org (@350) December 7, 2015

Right now at #COP21. Thousands marching. #climatechange pic.twitter.com/HUuV3vkHbh

— Julie Anne Genter (@JulieAnneGenter) December 9, 2015

A @KerrClimate @IEA finding in '09 (#Cop15Copenhagen) as relevant now at #cop21: https://t.co/L4G2ANb6fL pic.twitter.com/pu0clNvPtB

— Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ (@Revkin) December 8, 2015

US climate targets for 2025 almost entirely outside historical evidence, OECD report https://t.co/9NnnpT46O5 pic.twitter.com/pxgjxwYs9Z

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) December 7, 2015

Corruption vs. Human Development

09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

More on The Great Enrichment

09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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

Could Civilization Survive a World Without Growth? The answer, simply, is no — NY Times — https://t.co/GiDZkBVyMt pic.twitter.com/XBAVlF3fUl

— Robert Went (@went1955) December 2, 2015

Hong Kong has overtaken Western Europe in living standards

08 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history Tags: Hong Kong

Hong Kong's per capita GDP has bested that of Western Europe. https://t.co/AjvbDBFauL pic.twitter.com/qtlqpewjR3

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) December 7, 2015

The impact of one child policy on birth sex ratios

08 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, population economics Tags: China. one-child policy, The fatal conceit

By 2050, there could be up to 142 million missing women, mostly from China and India: https://t.co/RrAfVhZbMt pic.twitter.com/kYFTPj6AcE

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 28, 2015

how India will pass China to become world’s most populous country

05 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics, growth miracles, population economics Tags: ageing society, China, economics of fertility, India, Population demographics

This cool visualization shows how India will pass China to become world's most populous country
by @aronstrandberg pic.twitter.com/hzZvsKqg0A

— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) November 29, 2015

Creative destruction in African dictators

04 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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

"Freedom is making gradual progress in Africa…the trends are in the right direction" @bill_easterly #hayek15 pic.twitter.com/Ua1GON7ha2

— IEA (@iealondon) December 2, 2015

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

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Utopia, you are standing in it!

Current State of World Economic Development by Ed Prescott (8 December 2015)

A Bihar village really did refuse to eat solar panels – it demanded ‘real’ electricity

How insightful was The Population Bomb

The coalition of obsolete industries still needs your support! Stop progress now?

Who controls what in Libya at the moment

@WorldBank is telling porky pies about #EndPoverty and fighting #ClimateChange

The social, economic and environmental benefit per dollar spent on pursuing different targets for global development 2016-2030

Are @JulieAnneGenter @BjornLomborg attending the same #COP21

Corruption vs. Human Development

More on The Great Enrichment

Hong Kong has overtaken Western Europe in living standards

The impact of one child policy on birth sex ratios

how India will pass China to become world’s most populous country

Creative destruction in African dictators

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

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