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Malnourishment of Chinese urban and rural children since 1990

20 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child poverty, China, extreme poverty

From https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147404/

The world in pictures

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Blame the spread of capitalism and the fall of communism

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Always worth noting #OTD

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, The Great Escape

If the media truly reported the important changes in the world, they could have run the headline NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EXTREME POVERTY FELL BY 137,000 SINCE YESTERDAY every single day for the last 25 years. https://t.co/izjadntivj pic.twitter.com/mKcLTjHr8r

— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) June 23, 2018

The fall of extreme poverty and child mortality, 1976-2015

10 Apr 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, child poverty, extreme poverty, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

Still more evidence of mass kidnappings of @Oxfam activists

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, ODA, The Great Escape

The only charitable explanation for ODA activists not dancing in the streets to celebrate the success of capitalism in abolishing extreme poverty is mass kidnappings. Their forcible detention is the only thing stopping them celebrating, I am sure.

Most of the extreme poor will be in sub-Saharan Africa in 2030

08 Aug 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape

Here's how extreme #poverty will look like in the #SDG era https://t.co/mTn4nX4I1g pic.twitter.com/DBI0HeNUae

— World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) July 7, 2016

See which parts of #Africa have the most percentage of stunted children https://t.co/CAj9EMi2he pic.twitter.com/6W4oHR5Xs9

— World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) July 4, 2016

World population living in extreme poverty, 1820-2015

25 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

Fossil fuels and The Great Escape

09 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, energy poverty, extreme poverty, India, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape

650m of the world’s poorest are without access to good drinking water

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Thinking about The Great Leap Forward | Econbrowser

19 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, economics of planning, extreme poverty, famine, Great Leap Forward

Source: Thinking about The Great Leap Forward | Econbrowser

The future should sue today’s climate activists for slowing The Great Escape

16 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, law and economics Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism, extreme poverty, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, vexatious litigation

Source: Oregon Court Declines To Dismiss Children’s Crusade Climate Lawsuit | Competitive Enterprise Institute.

@CFigueres seriously mistaken on carbon emissions and global poverty

13 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape

Latin America is becoming richer and less unequal

08 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, Latin America

Latin America is becoming richer and less unequal https://t.co/fAr0X0GFVz via @worldbankdata ht @TonysAngle pic.twitter.com/Unesc6iwgF

— Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 (@DinaPomeranz) February 1, 2016

@BernieSanders @realdonaldtrump want to reverse The Great Escape in developing countries

07 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: absolute poverty, extreme poverty, tariffs, The Great Escape, trade agreements, trade liberalisation

Source: TRANSCRIPT: Bernie Sanders meets with News Editorial Board – NY Daily News.

Source: If you’re poor in another country, this is the scariest thing Bernie Sanders has said – Vox.

Source: If you’re poor in another country, this is the scariest thing Bernie Sanders has said – Vox.

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