Leading causes of death in Africa
17 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
Are there only three stages of truth?
16 May 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming, health economics, history of economic thought Tags: conjecture and refutation, history of science
Offsetting behaviour: smoking and obesity
16 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of obesity, economics of smoking, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
US life-expectancy finding: Rise in obesity has nearly offset the decline in smoking nber.org/aginghealth/20… http://t.co/VJ2zvvSisv—
Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) May 15, 2015
Health spending has been slow for a few years now
15 May 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: public health expenditure, welfare state
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
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