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35 Years of the World Economy

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics Tags: The Great Escape, The Great Fact

Poverty, Inc. | Official Trailer

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World, high income, middle income and low income country fertility rates since 1950

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by Jim Rose in development economics, population economics Tags: demographic transition, economics of fertility, The Great Escape

Source: United Nations Population Division Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, File FERT/4: Total fertility by major area, region and country, 1950-2100 (children per woman), Estimates, 1950 – 2015 POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2015/FERT/F04

World population living in extreme poverty, 1820-2015

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

Breast cancer death rates in the USA, Australia and England and Wales since 1950

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by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: cancer rates, life expectancies, The Great Escape

Source: HumanProgress.org from International Agency for Research on Cancer, Updated 17 June, 2015.

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Fossil fuels and The Great Escape

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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

Coal is the best resource we have in the fight to end poverty

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: coal prices, rational irrationality, The Great Escape

Improvements in remaining life expectancy of Australians aged 25 to 29 since 1990

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by Jim Rose in economic history, health economics, population economics Tags: Australia, life expectancies, The Great Escape

The graph shows how many years you have left if aged 25 to 29 in 1990.

Source: Life Expectancy: progress from 1990 to 2013 | Health Intelligence.

How is The Great Escape going in #NewZealand?

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by Jim Rose in economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Escape

Source: Life Expectancy: progress from 1990 to 2013 | Health Intelligence.

Causes of maternal deaths in New Zealand since 1980

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by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: maternal mortality, The Great Escape

Source: Causes of Maternal Mortality from 1980 to 2013 | Health Intelligence

BS @WorldBank that #climateaction = no sacrifice 4 poor countries @cjsnowdon @RichardTol @BjornLomborg @WBG_Climate

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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economics, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmism, The Great Escape

#ClimateAction does not require economic sacrifice. How to do your part: https://t.co/gA0Uvzy9S9 #endpoverty pic.twitter.com/hUmfl36Yne

— World Bank (@WorldBank) May 30, 2016

1.1 BILLION people still lack access to electricity. Learn how we #EndEnergyPoverty https://t.co/KBCxtohIsU pic.twitter.com/eXRcTPpylU

— World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015

With about $29B towards fighting #ClimateChange, there's a good chance at ending #poverty https://t.co/LKlxpb9YoI pic.twitter.com/5PFWAIBTmP

— World Bank (@WorldBank) December 13, 2015

Night-light maps shows huge need 4 #infrastructure investment in African #cities. Video: wrld.bg/Ufzpy https://t.co/BJXzwAZPyE—
World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015

Bihar village rejects solar micro-grid and demands 'real' electricity http://t.co/JamgDEetkM via @MailOnline

— sanjeev kumar (@sanjeev079kr) September 3, 2015

The Great Escape into the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Latin America, The Great Escape, Withering away of the proletariat

Source: World Bank Economic slowdown puts the brakes on middle class growth in Latin America | The Data Blog

One of the rich countries so glum

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

Who thinks the world is getting better?

41% of Chinese
23% of Indonesians
16% of Saudis

That's about it. pic.twitter.com/2dYbYuIORZ

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 15, 2016

The Great Escape in one picture of fertility and infant mortality

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by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, economics of fertility, infant mortality, The Great Escape

.Source: Should we continue to use the term “developing world”? | World Bank – The Data Blog

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

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