India's child mortality is falling, nearing the British rate. https://t.co/wkuLKlYi7o #health #progress pic.twitter.com/Fef99I2pb9
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India’s child mortality is falling, nearing the British rate
25 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, India, infant mortality, The Great Escape
Current US, British and French public and private expenditures on health per capita, PPP since 1960
09 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, Health spending
https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/678444166016335872/photo/1
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2015.
US pregnancy rates by age, 1990-2010
09 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of fertility, single mothers, teen pregnancies
US, British and French public and private health spending per capita, PPP since 1995
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, British economy, France, Health spending
https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/678444166016335872
Source: World Bank Health expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international$) | Data | Table.
Basic household cleaning agents have many uses
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: antiscience left
What proportion of a country’s alcohol is drunk by the 20% heaviest drinkers?
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: addiction, alcoholism
Behind on my bashing of homeopathy
07 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: quackery
Beware the dangers of dioxygen
07 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: antiscience left
@NZGreens are anti-science through and through
06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand
The commitment of the Greens to credible science is dropped like a stone when they discuss fluoridation.
The Greens are no less cranky when it comes to GMOs.
The Greens sacrifice what little scientific credibility they have left by not having a position on vaccinations and vaccine safety. I could not find any reference to it in their policy documents online.
https://twitter.com/KevinHague/status/642505850360213505
The Green Party health spokesman Kevin Hague has stated the Greens support of parents’ rights to choose which vaccine(s) (if any) their children receive without financial penalties.
Should swimming be banned?
04 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in economics of regulation, health and safety, health economics, labour economics
Many more drown in New Zealand than die at work. There is heavy regulation of workplace risks. The same cannot be said for people to jump into beaches, rivers and streams. Many more go to work each day as compared to going swimming.
Source: Annual Statistics » DrownBase and Workplace fatalities by industry | Worksafe.
Voluntary assumption of risk cuts no ice with those that champion stronger occupational health and safety regulation. The approach to water safety is near laissez-faire both in terms of the rules and enforcement and certainly in terms of success in reducing drownings. The large variations in annual drownings suggest that human behaviour has a lot to do with drownings.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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