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The Great Escape in Chinese infant mortality was stunning

11 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

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

How is the population bomb going?

10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, population economics Tags: population bomb

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/641530688555077632

The Great Escape actually accelerated after the GFC

10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

by Jim Rose 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

Volunteers required for a medical experiment

09 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

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@NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ #NEWZEALAND best prepared for #climatechange almost

07 Sep 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, global warming

Who's ready for #climatechage? Probably none of us, but these countries are close enough: http://t.co/3vXsmOAGES @wef pic.twitter.com/Vm6dYcwet3

— UN Development (@UNDP) September 7, 2015

Initial reactions to anaesthetics

07 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, health economics Tags: creative destruction, The Great Escape

New technology is often scary. On the discovery & adoption of anesthesia in the 1840s: http://t.co/XGetgfxMNg pic.twitter.com/rwPeSTGcy3

— Darshan Shankar (@DShankar) September 5, 2015

Teenage alcohol consumption across countries

06 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: alcohol regulation, economics of prohibition, meddlesome preferences, nanny state

The Antiscience Left and GMOs

05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: agricultural economics, antiscience left, conjecture and refutation, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, creative destruction, GMOs, infotopia, risk risk trade-offs

@NZGreens these are the faces of #vaccine denialism

02 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, anti-vaccination movement, conjecture and refutation, New Zealand Greens, political psychology, quackery, vaccines

Life Expectancy in the #EU and the #US

02 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - USA Tags: EU, life expectancy, The Great Escape

Life Expectancy in the #EU and the #US

by RegioGIS http://t.co/cp7t0ee9wF—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 22, 2015

Income & life expectancy around the world

01 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

Yes Prime Minister on the fiscal savings from smoking

01 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of smoking, nanny state, Yes Minister

Creative destruction in health crises

30 Aug 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: creative destruction, obesity, The Great Escape

Americans started consuming fewer calories when they saw the health crisis, not the jiggle. nyti.ms/1SMGoYE http://t.co/xsFR3U71tO—
The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) July 29, 2015

The essence of science for the Anti-science Left @NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ #GMOs

30 Aug 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, climate alarmism, economics of agriculture, global warming, GMOs, Greenpeace, New Zealand Greens, precautionary principle

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The Great Escape in Chinese infant mortality was stunning

How is the population bomb going?

The Great Escape actually accelerated after the GFC

The Great Fact – undernourishment in developing countries (under the jackboot of neoliberalism)

Volunteers required for a medical experiment

@NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ #NEWZEALAND best prepared for #climatechange almost

Initial reactions to anaesthetics

Teenage alcohol consumption across countries

The Antiscience Left and GMOs

@NZGreens these are the faces of #vaccine denialism

Life Expectancy in the #EU and the #US

Income & life expectancy around the world

Yes Prime Minister on the fiscal savings from smoking

Creative destruction in health crises

The essence of science for the Anti-science Left @NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ #GMOs

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