Homeopathy explained
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, health economics Tags: homeopthay, Quacks
Radiation from nuclear power in perspective
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, health and safety, health economics Tags: atomic energy
xkcd's Radiation Dose Chart that puts the risks of #Nuclear energy in perspective. http://t.co/arhQqSxCZc—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 10, 2015
The Great Escape – child mortality since 1950
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape
Child mortality rate down across the globe via @UNICEF
statista.com/chart/3410/glo… http://t.co/SAYPhFMIC0—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) April 17, 2015
The Great Escape = a big increase in life expectancy inequality
13 May 2015 Leave a comment
In 1800 the global average life expectancy was 32.
Global health inequality was low – no country had over 40 years! http://t.co/BRpzvw9XJA—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 11, 2015
@MaxCRoser Now over the last decades many caught up – and inequality is declining. While average is now much higher. http://t.co/NDmWzivrhs—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 11, 2015
Whatever happened to chickenpox?
13 May 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, chickenpox, vaccines
Endurance obviously has evolutionary survival value
12 May 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, survivor principle Tags: evolution, The Great Escape
The crazy mixed up priorities of climate alarmists-in-chief
12 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: climate alarmism, doomsday prophets, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Twitter left
Leaving the Left Exposed. James Hansen: dld.bz/dBnyq http://t.co/ZQsKSJxlr1—
The Left, Exposed (@leftexposed) April 23, 2015





The Great Escape – Child mortality is falling in Africa
12 May 2015 Leave a comment
Child mortality is decreasing throughout Africa.
From my project: bit.ly/1IfQSjg http://t.co/jqA30V6GWq—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) April 26, 2015
The crusade to ban e-cigarette had the predictable effect among teens
12 May 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, health economics Tags: do gooders, economics of smoking, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Teen e-cigarette consumption has surpassed conventional smoking in 2014 #vaping via @CDCgov
statista.com/chart/3417/eci… http://t.co/RnZz1nbj5X—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) April 22, 2015
The killer air pollution that the Greens never mention
12 May 2015 Leave a comment
4.3 million die every year. Indoor air pollution is the least reported problem of the world. bit.ly/1BfMiZg http://t.co/CDhafWSbj8—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 07, 2015
Who are the tallest?
11 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: economics of physiology, The Great Escape
How American men ceased to be the world's tallest, while the Dutch sprouted. randalolson.com/2014/06/23/why… http://t.co/IOmJCd8wuu—
Richard V. Reeves (@RichardvReeves) October 13, 2014
At the epidemic’s peak, AIDS affected…
11 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, health economics Tags: Africa, AIDS
At the epidemic's peak, AIDS affected half of people aged 15-49 in Middle Africa. Today? <20%. buff.ly/1EVz4Wo http://t.co/koHasDe2EX—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) May 10, 2015
An early film clip on the announcement of a successful polio vaccine
11 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: polio, vaccines
Americans and scientists agree more on vaccines than on other hot button issues
11 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, anti-vaccination movement, climate alarmism, global warming, vaccinations, vaccines
Americans and scientists agree more on vaccines than on other hot button issues. 53eig.ht/1CWsmPq http://t.co/M7eeDWgQoL—
(@FiveThirtyEight) February 07, 2015
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