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Great chart. Life expectancy at birth over the last hundred years. Amazing profess. But sad to see some drops. pic.twitter.com/1TSb00C4GQ

— Paul Kirby (@paul1kirby) January 15, 2016

On the decline of socialism in the Americas

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela

John Cowperthwaite passed this day 2006.

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: Hong Kong, John Cowperthwaite

Global mobile phone and Internet coverage compared

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: creative destruction, international technology diffusion, Internet, mobile phones, technology diffusion, The Great Enrichment

A reminder to the First World that having a mobile phone isn't the same as being on the Internet.
World Bank chart pic.twitter.com/jZEnywJhBX

— Paul Kirby (@paul1kirby) January 17, 2016

@Oxfam it is 0.7%, not 50% @OxfamNZ

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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, growth miracles, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality

Source: We Can’t Blame a Few Rich People for Global Poverty – The New York Times.

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What the @SDG2030 should be @oxfamnz @HelenClarkUNDP

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Sustainable Development Goals launch year 2016https://t.co/CGc5MqRL3l @SDGaction @WorldWeWant2015 @HelenClarkUNDP pic.twitter.com/K4hp85Qef2

— SDG2030 (@SDG2030) January 1, 2016

North Korea and South Korea: Economic and Military Comparison

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by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: North Korea, South Korea, South Korea North Korea

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The number of people living in extreme poverty, 1990-2030

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

The number of people living in extreme poverty, 1990-2030 https://t.co/OsTmqB3PSC #dataviz HT @maptive pic.twitter.com/kv13YLigNc

— Max Galka (@galka_max) January 2, 2016

The world’s most populous countries: Comparison between 2015 and 2060

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by Jim Rose in development economics, population economics Tags: Economcis of fertility

The world's most populous countries: Comparison between 2015 and 2060 (See the previous video for the full range) pic.twitter.com/Wxgbdzi7M6

— Aron Strandberg (@aronstrandberg) December 1, 2015

The Great Escape in the risks of childbirth

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: infant mortality, The Great Escape

Maternal and child mortality rates hit record lows in 2015. https://t.co/TZpgAIThoM pic.twitter.com/sxECOtHfQM

— Archive: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (@JimYongKimWBG) December 31, 2015

Most populous countries, 1950-2060

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, population economics Tags: economics of fertility

Most populous countries, 1950-2060 (As video instead of GIF to allow pausing and moving) pic.twitter.com/2zHkiLnmEt

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The global diffusion of mobile phones

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, Internet technology diffusion, mobile phones, technology diffusion

7.1 billion mobile-cell subscriptions
3.5 billion mobile #broadband subscriptionshttps://t.co/fcMqmTa069 #ITUdata pic.twitter.com/QVCavVwbSB

— Int’l Telecommunication Union (@ITU) December 1, 2015

The global diffusion of Internet access

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of media and culture Tags: Digital poverty, international technology diffusion, Internet, technology diffusion

46.4% of households globally will have Internet access end-2015. 55% target by 2020https://t.co/fcMqmTa069 #ITUdata pic.twitter.com/lhPCrCxdyp

— Int’l Telecommunication Union (@ITU) November 30, 2015

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