There are fewer people living in absolute poverty today than there were in 1820. buff.ly/1OlOpX3 #progress http://t.co/LfC8I5gEE9—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) October 07, 2015
@Oxfam fewer people living in absolute poverty today than in 1820
29 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, industrial revolution, Leftover Left, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Twitter left
@zoesqwilliams has great timing on capitalism not doing enough on poverty @worstall
23 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, Leftover Left, life expectancies, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Twitter left
When Zoe Williams was born in 1973, 60% of humanity lived in extreme poverty. That has dropped to 1 in 10.
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
Just the other day, the World Bank estimated that extreme poverty has dropped below 10% of the world’s population for the first time in human history but some are still grumbling.
What will it take to finish the “Last Mile” in ending extreme #poverty? brook.gs/1LiFT8E http://t.co/YxSZ36VCSW—
Brookings (@BrookingsInst) October 07, 2015
Zoe Williams is not grumbling about the failed states and predatory government responsible for the last pockets of extreme poverty, but about the inequality from economic progress under capitalism.
The extreme poor live in conflict & rural areas: wrld.bg/Nynge #endpoverty http://t.co/43HDDI11JR—
World Bank (@WorldBank) May 31, 2015
Zoe Williams honestly believes that extreme poverty could have been reduced faster if we had taken on the socialist road.
These 4 nations are 50% of mankind. That's 3.5 billion people who are living longer. buff.ly/1Kle6mU #health http://t.co/949oqisMsL—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 30, 2015
China and India escaped from extreme poverty by rejecting socialism.
Just released: new global poverty estimates from 1990-2015 using updated extreme poverty line http://t.co/LxD5q2n6Mg—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) October 04, 2015
China and India received next to no overseas development assistance in their Great Escape from extreme poverty.
Embrace the free market and overtake your socialist competitors. buff.ly/1PZ3yuN http://t.co/xfpF4vtqlv—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) October 05, 2015
There’s been some clear-cut natural experiments such as between Chile and Venezuela and Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and just about any other developing country in terms of capitalism as the only path to prosperity.
@BernieSanders @JeremyCorbyn4PM in 1962, people in 51 nations ate <2000 calories a day – how many do today?
19 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: child poverty, extreme poverty, global hunger, global poverty, The Great Escape
In 1962, people in 51 countries consumed <2000 calories per day. In 2011? One. buff.ly/1PmjIRK #WorldFoodDay http://t.co/zdJRWK1Mtj—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) October 16, 2015
The % of the world living on less than $1.25 a day will fall to 5% by 2030
02 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The portion of the world population living on less than $1.25 a day will fall to 5% by 2030: j.mp/1Lvk5D4 http://t.co/vd6dkCYpoY—
Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) September 16, 2015
Belonging to the freest countries in the world greatly improves the average person’s income: j.mp/1JWMi93 http://t.co/mMEDCklcis—
Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) September 12, 2015
RT @NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ @KevinHague Allow Golden Rice Now
25 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, child poverty, economics of agriculture, extreme poverty, global hunger, global poverty, GMOs, golden rice, Greenpeace, infant mortality, Luddites, malnutrition, New Zealand Greens, unintended consequences
Good as Gold: Can Golden Rice and Other Biofortified Crops Prevent Malnutrition? ow.ly/QQ1VT #Harvard http://t.co/O3SwpGhsXD—
Golden Rice (@Golden_Rice) August 13, 2015
Pope Francis versus The Great Fact
23 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, Catholic Church, extreme poverty, global poverty, Pope Francis, The Great Fact
Most powerful defense of #capitalism by @DeirdreMcClosk ow.ly/Swgsg
@JimPethokoukis @AEIecon @PrudentiaMag http://t.co/sznhzAl2TS—
AEI on Campus (@AEIonCampus) September 22, 2015
How can we eradicate #poverty by 2030? @Winnie_Byanyima wef.ch/1QvSVPW #development http://t.co/reBsT24BU3—
World Economic Forum (@wef) September 24, 2015
The Great Escape actually accelerated after the GFC
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, global financial crisis (GFC), growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, India, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
In 1993, >30% of India's urban population lived in extreme poverty. In 2011? Only 13%. buff.ly/1iutlQA http://t.co/238hsW2aeF—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) September 09, 2015
The Great Fact – undernourishment in developing countries (under the jackboot of neoliberalism)
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global hunger, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Could Wealth Redistribution End Global Poverty?
24 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
The raw numbers on The Great Fact
10 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Fact
1 billion ppl lived in extreme poverty 2 centuries ago – 1 billion ppl live in extreme poverty today. #dataviz http://t.co/xBMzrJB1N1—
Randy Olson (@randal_olson) August 01, 2015
@NZGreens and co. must face an inconvenient truth about global poverty
09 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, politics - New Zealand Tags: expressive voting, extreme poverty, global poverty, rational irrationality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
There are 620 million people in Africa without electricity
22 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, climate alarmists, energy poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, global warming
There are 620 million people in Africa without electricity. Here's where they live. vox.com/2014/10/13/697… (via @iea) http://t.co/bhK5CVmtpZ—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) June 09, 2015
Millennium Development Goal 4: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, child mortality, child poverty, extreme poverty, infant mortality rates, life expectancies, millennium development goals, The Great Escape
Although there has been a dramatic decline in deaths, most children still die from causes that are readily preventable or curable with existing interventions. Pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria are the leading causes, accounting for 30 percent under-five deaths
via MDG4: A dramatic decline in child mortality over the last 20 years | Open Data.
Evidence grows of mass kidnappings of Oxfam activists – how else could they have been silenced?
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, technological progress Tags: activists, do gooders, extreme poverty, global poverty, infant mortality, Left-wing hypocrisy, life expectancies, mass kidnappings, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/621132860657897472/photo/1
The biggest success of our time: Child mortality is decreasing rapidly. Everywhere!
More at: OurWorldInData.org/data/populatio… http://t.co/FhdbQeheUd—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) July 13, 2015
Staggering #inequality: top 1% will own 50% of world's wealth by 2016. Help #EvenitUp! act.oxfam.org/new-zealand/ev… http://t.co/KX9GR2VSo5—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) January 19, 2015
Fossil fuel companies get more subsidies than all the public health spending globally. It's time to #GoCoalFree http://t.co/gsDIocxAq9—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) June 08, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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