The opportunity cost of renewable energy subsidies
22 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, evidence-based policy, global warming, green rent seeking
Green parties score 2/3 on this test?
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, technological progress Tags: 9/11, anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, conspiracy theories, expressive voting, GMOs, inspiriting theorists, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, risk risk trade-offs, vaccines
The impact of religion and science on life expectancy
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, health economics, technological progress Tags: life expectancy, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love (and oppose a label for)
20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: antiscience left, expressive voting, food labelling, GMOs, product labelling, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
How infectious and deadly are the infectious diseases?
20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: AIDS, Ebola, HIV, infectious diseases, measles
Visualised: how Ebola compares to other infectious diseases bit.ly/1sH3dDR http://t.co/vNadhO5NB6—
Guardian Data (@GuardianData) October 15, 2014
Yield of organic crops as percentage of conventional crops
16 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: agricultural economics, food snobs, organic farming
Yield of organic row crops as percentage of conventional
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C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 01, 2015
Why organic food costs more? -relative yield vs. conventional
ganaderiayagro.blogspot.com/2015/05/organi… http://t.co/xWcQiJoZ6K—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 01, 2015
Improvements in life expectancy since 1900
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, life expectancy, Quacks, The Great Escape
Salads poison more Americans than hamburgers
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Salads poison more Americans than hamburgers. vox.com/2015/6/11/8766… http://t.co/XlsFbp5g16—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 14, 2015
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy by gender, Anglo-Saxon countries
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: ageing society, healthy life expectancy, life expectancy, The Great Escape
Figure 1: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of women, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010
Source: OECD family database.
Figure 2: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of men, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010
Source: OECD family database
Thousands deliberately overdose on homoeopathic medications! What happened?
14 Jun 2015 1 Comment
in health economics Tags: bribery, conjecture and refutation, homoeopathy, quackery, Quacks
Over the weekend of February 5th-6th 2011, more than 1500 homeopathy sceptics across the globe took part in a mass homeopathic ‘overdose’ to make a simple statement: Homeopathy – There’s Nothing In It.
Where was malaria once prevalent?
14 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: endemic diseases, global warming, infectious diseases, malaria, The Great Escape
Malaria was prevalent in Europe & USA
More in my Visual History of Global Health: OurWorldInData.org/VisualHistoryO… http://t.co/Fm21vXZJkS—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 08, 2015
Can anti-GMOs activists be trekkers?
13 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, health economics, TV shows Tags: GMOs antiscience left, star trek
The Great Escape is increasing life expectancy at all ages
13 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancy, The Great Escape
It is not only about child mortality.
Life expectancy increased at all ages.bit.ly/1yM33gk http://t.co/MqKJVi3SmL—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 11, 2015
#Inequality of Life Expectancy fell rapidly over the course of modernity.
(From: bit.ly/1KMkukr) http://t.co/MvU071l0GX—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 11, 2015
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