The reduction of Polio in Africa. http://t.co/JKL1Kfx2qr—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 29, 2015
The reduction of Polio in Africa
10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, anti-vaccination movement, polio, quackery, vaccinations, vaccines
Diabetes prevalence by age and country
09 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: diabetes
The Great Escape in disease mortality across the industrialised countries
08 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: life expectancies, mortality rates, The Great Escape
American life expectancy increases by age cohort from 1990
08 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: life expectancies
New Zealand life expectancy increases by age cohort from 1990
07 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: life expectancies, New Zealand, The Great Escape
Who invented the whooping cough vaccination?
07 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: vaccinations, vaccines, Whooping cough
Matt Ridley on the Pope and The Great Fact
06 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, liberalism, survivor principle Tags: doomsday prophecies, Matt Ridley doomsday prophets, Papal economics, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
See which way the data points for yourself, like @mattwridley. buff.ly/1HsZxgx #health #progress http://t.co/B3KbUJOn05—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 30, 2015
Weight control ads in days gone by
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Men wouldn't look at me when I was skinny. Surprising #vintage ad – things change. http://t.co/wbZOML4XX4—
This is stunning! (@thisisstunning) May 12, 2015
Where Cannabis is legal
03 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, medical marijuana decriminalisation, nanny state
Map of where Cannabis is legal (2014)
From: bit.ly/1uZ2uvq http://t.co/e0W7fJ8FZC—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 30, 2015
The Great Escape in life expectancies over the last 40 years
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: life expectancies, mortality rates, The Great Escape
Why are e-cigarettes bad?
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of smoking, expressive voting, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, rational irrationality
The Great Escape from heart and other diseases over the last 50 years
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: life expectancy, mortality rates, The Great Escape
Kids Create Cafeteria Black Market To Bypass Food Nannies
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, survivor principle Tags: black markets, economics of prohibition, entrepreneurial alertness, food, nanny state, police, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
A great incentive to donate blood in Sweden
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: blood donors, entrepreneurial alertness
In Stockholm, blood donors get a text when they’ve saved a life citymetric.com/horizons/stock… http://t.co/JIPXFfKtbM—
(@CityMetric) June 29, 2015
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