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Regular reminder that extreme poverty has fallen hugely in recent decades and has never been this low in human history!
Even after the short increase due to Covid, the improving trend recovered quickly:
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Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣
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Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣
@DinaPomeranz
Econ prof @econ_uzh, formerly @HarvardHBS.
Affiliate prof @JPAL, @cepr_org.
Member BK-IZA, EKM. Co-founder @gain_network_. Board member @HelvetasCH, PxD, IIPF.
- The best predictor of entrepreneurship is rich parentsPlease quote this tweet with a thing that everyone in your field knows and nobody in your industry talks about because it would lead to general chaos.
- A strong political divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries: on.ft.com/3Hv2Qs6
- There's some discussion on Twitter about male academics being unsure whether to mentor women because they're unclear what behavior is ok. Let me try to break it down:
- Als jüdische Nachfahrin von Holocaust-Überlebenden hätte ich nie gedacht, dass wir solche Plakate mal wieder sehen würden. "Wehret den Anfängen" wurde uns beigebracht, und alle nickten. Was tun wir jetzt?
- Replying to @jacobherbstmanI'm now not sure anymore whether this is a parody account for the stereotype about travelers from the US :)
- There is a persistent myth of "the happy poor". It's just that: a myth. While happiness and life satisfaction are of course driven by many other things as well, people in poor countries are on average much more unhappy. Economic growth matters. ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-vs…
- What many people don't know: recent decades have seen incredible reductions in poverty. The poverty rate has *never before* been this low in human history. What new data is now revealing: after the setback from Covid, poverty reduction now continues! blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/pover…
- Nike is reading the signs of the time. They are no charity organization. They are investing in a brand that reflects and speaks to the values of the generation of the future. That this is their analysis of the market makes me hopeful. @Kaepernick7
- It's possible to at the same time -condemn Hamas -stand against antisemitism -stand against islamophobia -support Israel's right to exist -oppose Israel's policies -feel solidarity with Palestinian victims -feel solidarity with Israeli victims Why is this hard to understand?
- Amazing animation by @countcarbon showing the demographic transition over the last 150 years! From a world of high fertility and high child mortality to low fertility with few children dying: pic.x.com/SVtfY6O45g
