Share of university degrees conferred to U.S. women since 1970 (via @MaxCRoser) http://t.co/FUGrM7WbJd—
Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) July 09, 2015
Share of university degrees conferred to U.S. women since 1970
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: lost boys, reversing gender gap
The remarkably rapid diffusion of cell phones in Africa
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, cell phones, international technology diffusion, technology diffusion, The Great Fact
And the rich got richer, who cares
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, entrepreneurial alertness, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
"The rich got richer, true. But…" —@DeirdreMcClosk buff.ly/1Imdv4o http://t.co/M3ERx3JTIn—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 28, 2015
The rise and rise of Amazon
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: amazon, creative destruction, e-commerce, entrepreneurial alertness
The rise and rise of Amazon in two charts econ.st/1Od8KdV http://t.co/HTs0zngL0Y—
The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 15, 2015
Beijing by night
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Beijing, China
MT @MaxCRoser: #Beijing lights at night. Left: 1992, right: 2009 #China #cities #development #geographyteacher http://t.co/gPbaePQv9b—
Stephen Matthews (@srmdrummer) February 16, 2015
Global poverty is in free fall – what does Oxfam have to say about what caused this?
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, professional activists, professional do-gooders, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The world is getting better all the time, in 11 maps and charts vox.com/2015/7/13/8908… http://t.co/cBbN4L0dqF—
Vox (@voxdotcom) July 13, 2015
The Great Escape in Chinese life expectancies by age bracket
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, China, life expectancies, The Great Escape
Life Expectancy by Age – for all countries in the world: bit.ly/1Ba1R8G
The chart shows progress in #China. http://t.co/z5IpbMkeFW—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 30, 2015
How are Paul Ehrlich’s food riots going?
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, environmentalism Tags: agricultural economics, doomsday prophets, Paul Ehrlich, The Great Escape
The world uses 68% less land to produce the same amount of food compared to 50 years ago: bit.ly/1FtkmTE http://t.co/zi4RnKnJQd—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 03, 2015
Greek and US great depressions compared
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, job search and matching, labour economics, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags: Greece
https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/620570062538309632/photo/1
Greek Depression vs US Depression:
Unemployment http://t.co/81efYi5Ajy—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 13, 2015
Flags of the British Empire
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, Public Choice Tags: age of empires, British empire, British imperialism, British justice, capitalism and freedom, imperialism, rule of law, the common law
Flags of the British Empire. http://t.co/feiKPR3BnK—
History Facts 247 (@historyfacts247) July 04, 2015
A stunning aspect of The Great Escape since my parents were born
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, British economy, British history, child mortality, child poverty, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
"Today, children in sub-Saharan Africa are more likely…"—Prof. Angus Deaton, @Princeton
Data: buff.ly/1K2tELk http://t.co/lrTdiLi3F7—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) July 12, 2015
Greece’s possible currency outcomes, from today’s euro to the drachma
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in currency unions, economic history, macroeconomics Tags: currency reforms, EU, Euroland, Greece, sovereign defaults
Greece’s possible currency outcomes, from today's euro to the drachma (and several in between) on.wsj.com/1ew3Yvs http://t.co/nEWtz84WTG—
Sudeep Reddy (@Reddy) July 05, 2015
We now know that extreme poverty can be eradicated within one more generation
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
"We now know that extreme poverty can be eradicated within one more generation." — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon http://t.co/hMjKtYlh5h—
RFE/RL (@RFERL) July 07, 2015
Creative destruction in desktops
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, desktops
vintage computing '67 http://t.co/TmogxJJ0Nu—
Old Pics Archive (@oldpicsarchive) July 10, 2015
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