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Peak China

20 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, population economics Tags: China, offsetting behaviour, one child policy, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences

Peak China pic.twitter.com/1zpJLFMClO

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) November 2, 2015

What Do the Newly Released Poverty Figures Show?

20 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

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

It’s World Toilet Day Today

19 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, health economics Tags: extreme poverty, health and sanitation

On World Toilet Day, this #Dailychart explains why the world must build toilets to save lives econ.st/1F3ppfK http://t.co/zJJ2jT09yw—
The Economist (@ECONdailycharts) November 19, 2014

Lord Nicholas Stern – wrong from the start

19 Nov 2015 2 Comments

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, history of economic thought, P.T. Bauer

Source: Nicholas Stern “Professor Bauer on development”, Journal of Development Economics (1974).

Source: “A Voice for the Poor”, The Economist (2 May 2002).

Source: Ian Vazquez “Peter Bauer: Blazing the Trail of Development”, Econ Journal Watch (May 2007).

The western environmental movement’s role in China’s one-child policy

19 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: China, cranks, doomsday profits, doomsday prophecies, one child policy

Oof: The western environmental movement's role in China's one-child policy https://t.co/G13u7WZLuN via @mattwridley pic.twitter.com/asvQwC9pkG

— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) November 8, 2015

The global population by income

18 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

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

Fewer people live in poverty. Select "Web Infographics" for more like this: https://t.co/JpYmhch4jc #progress pic.twitter.com/gilDtl6ZWJ

— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) November 16, 2015

Deirdre McCloskey on Piketty, the Bourgeoisie Deal, the Bolshevik Deal, and the Bridal Deal

17 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: bourgeoisie deal, capitalism and freedom, Deirdre McCloskey, industrial revolution, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Thomas Piketty

@HelenClarkUNDP @OxfamGB @GreenpeaceUSA support energy poverty in Africa

14 Nov 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, child poverty, energy poverty, extreme hunger, extreme poverty, global hunger, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Great Escape

https://twitter.com/WorldBank/status/664161394955304961

Night-light maps shows huge need 4 #infrastructure investment in African #cities. Video: https://t.co/21z0sT1fXk pic.twitter.com/BJXzwAZPyE

— World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015

Philippine rankings for governance and business environment

12 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics Tags: doing business, The Philippines

LOOK: #Philippines' prosperity ranking compared to its neighbors (see full chart) https://t.co/N4vOR5FFJh pic.twitter.com/RT4FPiOBtK

— BusinessWorld (@bworldph) November 10, 2015

@WorldBank wants to boost the agriculture sector!

11 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth miracles

#Agriculture employs 65% of labor force in SubSaharan #Africa. Let's boost the sector! https://t.co/3QONBX2EfW pic.twitter.com/wt15hJgfPk

— World Bank (@WorldBank) November 7, 2015

The biggest impact #climatechange will have on the poor will be through #agriculture: pic.twitter.com/1UjXHRjCVs https://t.co/sibD72uiXd

— World Bank Publications (@WBPubs) November 15, 2015

any shift from ag is good for African productivity @nancymbirdsall pic.twitter.com/znrgvd5ufn

— Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) September 2, 2014

@WorldBank what!? no instance economic development that didn't = massive urbanization, mechanization agriculture

— Jim Rose (@JimRosenz) November 7, 2015

Capitalism does this every day! What do @Oxfam and @Greenpeace do?

10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, development economics, environmentalism, growth miracles, liberalism

Only 5% of people think extreme poverty has halved over last 20 years but the 5% are correct https://t.co/xxINHAG7cf pic.twitter.com/fXifSI074n

— Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 (@montie) November 9, 2015

Who said capitalism is the REAL poverty-beater? More at https://t.co/0EJLvEm2qi #ProsperityForAll pic.twitter.com/FD1CRfVus3

— Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 (@montie) November 9, 2015

Hot off the press: @WorldBank publishes new global poverty estimates and forecasts. 1.01 billion < $1.25/day in 2011 pic.twitter.com/cGfdEAdOMo

— Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) October 8, 2014

The global poverty rate is expected to fall below 10% in 2015: https://t.co/OXMby0Gwau pic.twitter.com/YfT2QDd9GB

— World Bank (@WorldBank) October 21, 2015

My favorite headline so far on the new global poverty numbers https://t.co/SKaW4Scxhi pic.twitter.com/Zc0pClE3Sx

— Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) October 7, 2015

Over the past 50 yrs, some economies have converged and some diverged, but most have stayed put pic.twitter.com/TGzYtb5kD3

— Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) July 16, 2015

What will it take to finish the “Last Mile” in ending extreme #poverty? brook.gs/1LiFT8E http://t.co/YxSZ36VCSW—
Brookings (@BrookingsInst) October 07, 2015

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

Facts about People Who Enjoy Eating Tasty Animals (PEETA)

10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, health economics Tags: economics of physiology, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, vagans, vegetarians

Less meat, better for everyone. Find out why: https://t.co/nDbAGDRcV7 #MeatlessMonday pic.twitter.com/qhGLPXk5Yf

— Greenpeace International (@Greenpeace) November 9, 2015

@Greenpeace @GreenpeaceNZ I enjoying eating tasty animals. Billions do; 900m vegetarians b/c extreme povertyhttps://t.co/YsHn06FGdg

— Jim Rose (@JimRosenz) November 10, 2015

@RichardTol the paper says 1.525bn vegetarians, 75m by choice, 1.45bn will start to eat meat as soon as they can afford it, no?

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) December 5, 2014

https://www.facebook.com/curiositydotcom/photos/a.293459797348511.88330.206936646000827/1169433296417819/?type=3&theater

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Breathing Beijing’s air

10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

Breathing Beijing’s air: the equivalent of smoking nearly 40 cigarettes a day. http://t.co/7M3TxrgUPD—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 13, 2015

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The Great Fact in 2 charts

10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

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

世界の所得分布、1988 → 2011年　https://t.co/f1tBZIpn56
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。 pic.twitter.com/ygWYornmY8

— Spica (@CasseCool) October 19, 2015

A power pole in India

09 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, health and safety

Nice, my pics made the front of the @washingtonpost today to go with a great piece by @anniegowen #india #power pic.twitter.com/kU74SZJSCX

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Utopia, you are standing in it!

Peak China

What Do the Newly Released Poverty Figures Show?

It’s World Toilet Day Today

Lord Nicholas Stern – wrong from the start

The western environmental movement’s role in China’s one-child policy

The global population by income

Deirdre McCloskey on Piketty, the Bourgeoisie Deal, the Bolshevik Deal, and the Bridal Deal

@HelenClarkUNDP @OxfamGB @GreenpeaceUSA support energy poverty in Africa

Philippine rankings for governance and business environment

@WorldBank wants to boost the agriculture sector!

Capitalism does this every day! What do @Oxfam and @Greenpeace do?

Facts about People Who Enjoy Eating Tasty Animals (PEETA)

Breathing Beijing’s air

The Great Fact in 2 charts

A power pole in India

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