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Evidence grows of mass kidnappings of Oxfam activists – how else could they have been silenced?

15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, technological progress Tags: activists, do gooders, extreme poverty, global poverty, infant mortality, Left-wing hypocrisy, life expectancies, mass kidnappings, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/621132860657897472/photo/1

The biggest success of our time: Child mortality is decreasing rapidly. Everywhere!

More at: OurWorldInData.org/data/populatio… http://t.co/FhdbQeheUd—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) July 13, 2015

Staggering #inequality: top 1% will own 50% of world's wealth by 2016. Help #EvenitUp! act.oxfam.org/new-zealand/ev… http://t.co/KX9GR2VSo5—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) January 19, 2015

Fossil fuel companies get more subsidies than all the public health spending globally. It's time to #GoCoalFree http://t.co/gsDIocxAq9—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) June 08, 2015

Do vaccines cause autism?

14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, conjecture and refutation, nuisance suits, Quacks, scientific fraud, vaccines

@oxfamnz @GreenpeaceNZ Further evidence of mass kidnappings of principled environmentalists – indoor pollution version

14 Jul 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, energy economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: air pollution, climate alarmists, expressive voting, global warming, green hypocrisy, indoor pollution, Kuznets curve, rational irrationality, The Great Escape

The deadliest environmental problem today is indoor air pollution — killing 4 million a year. vox.com/2014/9/15/6150… http://t.co/xtwLRfkVF2—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) June 11, 2015

The Great Escape in Chinese life expectancies by age bracket

14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

These good old days were not that long ago

14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, cognitive biases, cognitive psychology, good old days, polio, political psychology, The Great Fact, vaccines

The cognitive biases of the…

14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, cognitive biases, cognitive psychology, expressive voting, political psychology, rational ignorance, rational irrationality

A stunning aspect of The Great Escape since my parents were born

13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

The Great Escape in China, India and Indonesia

12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: China, India, Indonesia, life expectancies, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

These 4 nations are 50% of mankind. That's 3.5 billion people who are living longer. buff.ly/1Kle6mU #health http://t.co/949oqisMsL—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 30, 2015

The Great Escape: infant mortality since 1990

10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

Child mortality declined in all world regions.

Here is by how much: http://t.co/06lS3ZELKr—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 26, 2015

The reduction of Polio in Africa

10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, anti-vaccination movement, polio, quackery, vaccinations, vaccines

The reduction of Polio in Africa. http://t.co/JKL1Kfx2qr—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 29, 2015

Diabetes prevalence by age and country

09 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: diabetes

The Great Escape in disease mortality across the industrialised countries

08 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

by Jim Rose in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: life expectancies

via Life Expectancy by Age in selected Country from 1990 to 2013 | Health Intelligence.

Who is responsible for childhood obesity?

07 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: economics of obesity, fraying of civilisation, Leftover Left, nanny state

New speech from the crank who runs the WHO. She's never heard of parents, apparently. http://t.co/PnAhVF9qNm—
Christopher Snowdon (@cjsnowdon) June 22, 2015

New Zealand life expectancy increases by age cohort from 1990

07 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: life expectancies, New Zealand, The Great Escape

via Life Expectancy by Age in selected Country from 1990 to 2013 | Health Intelligence.

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