China's infant mortality rate fell 85% since 1970, nearing the U.S. rate. buff.ly/1g7eLNk #health http://t.co/b9eno1jk6X—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) September 08, 2015
The Great Escape in Chinese infant mortality was stunning
11 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Marxist economics Tags: child mortality, China, global poverty, infant mortality, stream poverty, The Great Escape
How is the population bomb going?
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, population economics Tags: population bomb
The Great Escape actually accelerated after the GFC
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, global financial crisis (GFC), growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, India, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
In 1993, >30% of India's urban population lived in extreme poverty. In 2011? Only 13%. buff.ly/1iutlQA http://t.co/238hsW2aeF—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) September 09, 2015
The Great Fact – undernourishment in developing countries (under the jackboot of neoliberalism)
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global hunger, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Democracy in Africa
08 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, capitalism and freedom
How frequent are simultaneous financial crises in one country?
04 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, currency unions, development economics, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights Tags: bank runs, banking crises, banking panics, currency crises, current account crises, debt crises, pseudo financial crises, real financial crises, sovereign debt crises, sovereign default
The incredible transformation of Dubai
04 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics Tags: Dubai
Income & life expectancy around the world
01 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: life expectancy, The Great Escape
Income & life expectancy around the world
Let's get all of the world to the top right corner!bit.ly/1939raP http://t.co/I83URpGeOX—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 12, 2015
Fair Trade: Does It Help Poor Workers?
01 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: antimarket bias, expressive voting, fair trade, rational irrationality
The Chinese demographic crisis is now
26 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing society, China, demographic crisis, older workers
China's massive economic advantage over the world is about to disappear read.bi/1MkYx1p http://t.co/Fw9zmMTuVx—
BI Markets (@themoneygame) August 11, 2015
Could Wealth Redistribution End Global Poverty?
24 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
The Great Escape still at full speed in #India: life expectancies by age and gender since 1990
22 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, health economics
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.
Pinoy life expectancies by age and gender, 1990 to 2013
22 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies, Philippines, The Great Escape
Make Progress, Not Work! Bryan Caplan’s best single video
21 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of media and culture, growth miracles, liberalism, Public Choice Tags: Bryan Caplan, capitalism and freedom, makework bias, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
@NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ Senator Leyonhjelm on the blood on the hands of the modern Luddites
19 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism Tags: Anti-Science left, expressive voting, GMOs, golden rice, Greenpeace, Luddites, New Zealand Greens, precautionary principle, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
Good as Gold: Can Golden Rice and Other Biofortified Crops Prevent Malnutrition? ow.ly/QQ1VT #Harvard http://t.co/O3SwpGhsXD—
Golden Rice (@Golden_Rice) August 13, 2015
INFOGRAPHICS: The Impacts of #Biotechnology: A Close Look at the Latest Study ow.ly/GUi4U @FoodInsight http://t.co/JQsmrm2Lv1—
Golden Rice (@Golden_Rice) January 07, 2015
Anti-Golden Rice keyboard
Used by opponent to debate against supporters of #goldenrice
@EcoSenseNow @Golden_Rice http://t.co/q6xt5j7hb1—
Golden Rice Now (@paulevans18) August 21, 2015
.@gpph If this girl could have eaten #goldenrice for lunch, she would not be blind today. ALLOW GOLDEN RICE NOW http://t.co/3UlwHAdWdZ—
Golden Rice Now (@paulevans18) July 29, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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