Poverty reduction in Africa is even greater than previously thought
24 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great campus game
Extreme poverty was halved between 1990 and 2010
02 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape
@NewStatesman @WebbTrust prize-winning essay on inequality missed The Great Escape
13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, Leftover Left, rational irrationality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Twitter left
Source: How can growth reduce inequality?
When my father was born, 7 in 10 people lived in absolute poverty.
Today, it's 1 in 10! https://t.co/1Caqku3AY1—
Tim Fernholz (@TimFernholz) October 21, 2015
世界の所得分布、1988 → 2011年 ourworldindata.org/VisualHistoryO…
この間の世界の富裕分の殆どを中国で説明できそうだ。インドはあまり変わってない。 https://t.co/ygWYornmY8—
Spica (@Kelangdbn) October 19, 2015
Despite population growth, see how the total number of people in extreme poverty has fallen
04 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives
28 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape
138,000 people out of poverty every day for 25 years while @oxfamnz claimed neo-liberalism ruined the world
25 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
62 billionaires alert: extreme poverty could have fallen so much faster?
24 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, growth miracles Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, extreme poverty, global poverty, Leftover Left, ODA, overseas aid, rational irrationality, superstars, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Globalisation is Good – Johan Norberg on Globalisation
23 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, international economics, Marxist economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, globalisation, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The number of people living in extreme poverty, 1990-2030
14 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape
@WorldBank is telling porky pies about #EndPoverty and fighting #ClimateChange
13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate aid, climate alarmists, extreme poverty, global poverty, green rent seeking, overseas aid, overseas development assistance, World Bank
What Do the Newly Released Poverty Figures Show?
20 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, The Great Escape, World Bank
It’s World Toilet Day Today
19 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, health economics Tags: extreme poverty, health and sanitation
On World Toilet Day, this #Dailychart explains why the world must build toilets to save lives econ.st/1F3ppfK http://t.co/zJJ2jT09yw—
The Economist (@ECONdailycharts) November 19, 2014
The global population by income
18 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
@HelenClarkUNDP @OxfamGB @GreenpeaceUSA support energy poverty in Africa
14 Nov 2015 1 Comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, child poverty, energy poverty, extreme hunger, extreme poverty, global hunger, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Great Escape
Chinese and Indian real GDP PPP since 1980
31 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: China, extreme poverty, India
Despite coming out of the blocks together, the Chinese economic miracle led to far larger increase in its respective real GDP PPP. Indian GDP only increased eightfold while Chinese GDP increased 18 fold since 1980 on a purchasing power parity basis.
Source: The Conference Board. 2015. The Conference Board Total Economy Database™, May 2015, http://www.conference-board.org/data/economydatabase/
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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