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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 Great Escape is on-going
18 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, global poverty, infant mortality, life expectancies, stream poverty, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
https://twitter.com/humanprogress/status/631179133989617665/photo/1
The total number of undernourished persons is falling despite population growth. buff.ly/1MgKWqd #food #health http://t.co/YfAltqvxVy—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) August 11, 2015
Extreme poverty is declining, but more quickly in some places than others. See the data: buff.ly/1DDz0O5 http://t.co/W1a0WpCxHI—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) August 11, 2015
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
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
Global poverty is in free fall – what does Oxfam have to say about what caused this?
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, professional activists, professional do-gooders, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The world is getting better all the time, in 11 maps and charts vox.com/2015/7/13/8908… http://t.co/cBbN4L0dqF—
Vox (@voxdotcom) July 13, 2015
We now know that extreme poverty can be eradicated within one more generation
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
"We now know that extreme poverty can be eradicated within one more generation." — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon http://t.co/hMjKtYlh5h—
RFE/RL (@RFERL) July 07, 2015
Naomi Klein versus The Great Fact
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: activists, do gooders, evidence-based policy, extreme poverty, global poverty, Naomi Klein, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
71% of the world live on less than $10 per day buff.ly/1D5kA3c http://t.co/GLCifBBOGP—
Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 11, 2015
Extreme poverty declined > 50% from 1.9 bil in '90 to 836 mil today: on.undp.org/Ppj00 #WPD2015 #MDGs http://t.co/vUDO5AYd4H—
UN Development (@UNDP) July 12, 2015
The number of ‘low-income’ countries halved since 1994
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
MAP showing location of 31 low-income countries, fewest since 1994; only 4 are outside Africa gu.com/p/4abxb/stw http://t.co/R0rzLzP6cc—
Mark Anderson (@MarkC_Anderson) July 10, 2015
The Great Escape: infant mortality since 1990
10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Child mortality declined in all world regions.
Here is by how much: http://t.co/06lS3ZELKr—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 26, 2015
@MaxCRoser only one line in this chart about India matters
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, India, Leftover Left, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
In #India poverty is falling very, very rapidly – while inequality is rising.
More at: bit.ly/1KLT8Lh http://t.co/xTxlW1i06o—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 29, 2015
Only one line in this chart matters
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, child poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, Malaysia, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
In #Malaysia inequality and poverty are falling.
More at: bit.ly/1KLUA02 http://t.co/aXEmuA0bnb—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) July 02, 2015
Extreme poverty is not the same thing as digital poverty
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Percentage of people around the world who own smartphones, via @conradhackett. Note #China. http://t.co/wAOmIklVbW—
Legatum Institute (@LegatumInst) May 30, 2015
What Oxfam doesn’t want you to know: global poverty has been declining faster than at any point in human history
23 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, Leftover Left, Oxfam, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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