The Great Escape – deaths from natural catastrophes version
25 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, population economics, technological progress Tags: The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Females, England and Wales, 2010-2011
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: cancer survival rates, The Great Escape
Beware the man of one study
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: Bayesian statistics, Bayesian updating, conjecture and refutation, philosophy of science, philosophy of the social sciences
An honest question for the Anti-science Left
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health economics, law and economics Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, eco-terrorism, philosophy of science
The Guardian on the strength of the scientific consensus on global warming and on GMOs
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA
I marvel at the ability of The Guardian to launch a diatribe against science deniers on GMOs, and not mention that most of them come from the left-wing of politics and the Greens and the environmental movement.
A disturbing number of people think alternative medicines are effective
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: quackery
Many believe alternative medicines are effective (but hardly anyone is confident in astrology) y-g.co/1Gqvvds http://t.co/yAn1QH66B0—
(@YouGov) March 06, 2015
Male? Want to Live to 100? Head Down Under – Bloomberg Business
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - Australia Tags: Australia, life expectancy, The Great Escape
Club of Rome predictions – air pollution version
21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, technological progress Tags: Club of Rome, The Great Escape
The share of income spent on food has plummeted in the US
21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, health economics Tags: The Great Enrichment
Radiation in Perspective
21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
The Green Left versus world hunger
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, GMOs, Green Left, Leftover Left, world poverty
Antibiotics made the Ceasarean section, one of the single most life-saving procedures on the planet, possible
19 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: antibiotics, maternal mortality rates, The Great Escape
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With the discovery of bacteria-fighting antibiotics, such as penicillin in 1928, the maternal mortality rate dropped as drugs made childbirth and cesarean sections much safer.
via 7 scary facts about antibiotic-resistant superbugs – Vox.
Incredible Decrease in Child Mortality Worldwide in Last 50 Years
18 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism Tags: child mortality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
On marijuana, Obama is content to evolve rather than to lead the way – The Washington Post
18 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health economics, liberalism, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, medical marijuana decriminalisation
For a lame duck president doing a lot to cultivate his legacy, Obama is really dragging his feet here if he is in any way a social liberal
via On marijuana, Obama is content to evolve rather than to lead the way – The Washington Post.
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