Mises on the Great Fact
29 May 2015 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, Ludwig von Mises Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The millennium development goals were supposed to be utopian rather than under-promising to over-deliver
25 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, millennium development goals, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
What did vaccines do
23 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, The Great Escape, vaccines
Health and safety has come a long way with rising incomes
23 May 2015 1 Comment
Electricians working on the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1937 http://t.co/bpQD6dp2OS—
Classic Pics (@classicepics) May 16, 2015
The Great Escape is still happening in rich countries
21 May 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: life expectancy, The Great Escape
Paul R. Ehrlich’s food riots have been postponed even further
20 May 2015 Leave a comment
in environmentalism Tags: agricultural economics, doomsday prophecies, Paul Ehrlich, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Climate experts @PaulREhrlich says we all died during the 1980s http://t.co/C7k1Qc4B4O—
Steve Goddard (@SteveSGoddard) May 14, 2015
The Great Fact, past and future, in one chart
18 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Some good news for development economists econ.st/1A7xuSu http://t.co/UcDhD1SCXz—
The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 18, 2015
The economic basis of the Anti-science Left
18 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, health economics Tags: antiscience left, charlatan, conjecture and refutation, pseudoscience, quackery, Quacks, richer is safer, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, wealthier is healthier
The Great Escape – heart disease, cancer and strokes
17 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
The declining lethality of heart disease, cancer, & stroke (USA, last 50 years) nyti.ms/18kOMys http://t.co/DAyhYACLWD—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 16, 2015
Leading causes of death in Africa
17 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
The Great Escape – child mortality since 1950
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape
Child mortality rate down across the globe via @UNICEF
statista.com/chart/3410/glo… http://t.co/SAYPhFMIC0—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) April 17, 2015
The Great Escape = a big increase in life expectancy inequality
13 May 2015 Leave a comment
In 1800 the global average life expectancy was 32.
Global health inequality was low – no country had over 40 years! http://t.co/BRpzvw9XJA—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 11, 2015
@MaxCRoser Now over the last decades many caught up – and inequality is declining. While average is now much higher. http://t.co/NDmWzivrhs—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 11, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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