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It’s The End Of The World As We Know It, So Why Don’t We Feel Fine?

Nov 30, 2015

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in Great Divergence, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

It’s the end of the world as we know it – because it is improving remarkably! Almost every indicator of human well-being shows improvement on a global basis. We live in the best era in human history. How does that make you feel? Like the old REM song, does it make you feel fine? Or…

6 New Rules of Business for the Next Industrial Revolution

Oct 27, 2015

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in Business, Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Economics, Globalization, Great Divergence, International Affairs, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Alan Murray at Fortune summarizes a lengthier piece by Geoff Colvin called Why every aspect of your business is about to change. Here is my summary of Murray's summary: 1. You don't need a lot of physical capital. … 2. Human capital will matter more than ever. … 3. The nature of employment will change.…

Global Inequality in Decline

Oct 21, 2015

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mwkruse

in Great Divergence, Trends: Economic, Weatlh and Income Distribution

This chart comes from Timothy Taylor's post, The Shifting World Distribution of Income. One notable thing I saw was that median annual income (measured in purchasing power parity dollars) doubled from 2003 to 2013. This chart suggests it will double again within about 20 years. Of course, the most obvious change is the collapse of…

World Bank: Extreme poverty ‘to fall below 10%’

Oct 5, 2015

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in Capitalism and Markets, Great Divergence, Poverty, Trends: Economic

BBC: World Bank: Extreme poverty 'to fall below 10%' The World Bank has said that for the first time less than 10% of the world's population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015. The bank said it was using a new income figure of $1.90 per day to define extreme poverty,…

The world has improved since 2000 – but not because we planned it (Think Bonsai)

Oct 5, 2015

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

The Globe and Mail: The world has improved since 2000 – but not because we planned it Millennium Development Goals: … … The headline goal, of cutting the proportion of people living in poverty in half, was achieved five years early, in 2010, by which time a billion people had left absolute poverty. And now…

How GDP shares have shifted across the world since 1000 AD

Sep 28, 2015

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Great Divergence, History, International Affairs, Trends: Economic, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Business Insider: How GDP shares have shifted across the world since 1000 AD Interesting graph.

Don’t Panic – How to End Poverty in 15 Years (Hans Rosling)

Sep 24, 2015

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in Capitalism and Markets, Demography, Economic Development, Great Divergence, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

YouTube: Don't Panic – How to End Poverty in 15 Years (This World documentary) "The legendary statistical showman Professor Hans Rosling returns with a feast of facts and figures as he examines the extraordinary target the world commits to this week – to eradicate extreme poverty worldwide. In the week the United Nations presents its…

Latin America’s middle class grows, but in some regions more than others

Jul 26, 2015

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in Central America, Economic Development, South America, Trends: Economic

Pew Research: Latin America’s middle class grows, but in some regions more than others Three interesting graphs:

Trends in Extreme Poverty (Spoiler: The Poor Are Not Getting Poorer)

Jun 24, 2015

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in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Great Divergence, India, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Globally, the number of people living in extreme poverty ($1.25 a day) is shrinking. The global poor are not getting poorer. The world population grew from 4.5 billion people in 1981 to 6.9 billion in 2010 – a 60% increase. The percentage of people living in extreme poverty in developing nations dropped from over 50%…

GDP Decoupling from Energy and Resource Use

Jun 2, 2015

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in Economic Development, Environment, Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic

Harvard Business Review: Stuff: When Less Is More One of the most persistent economic misconceptions I see is the presumed fixed relationship between a unit of GDP and the energy/resources consumed in the process. This false relationship is projected into the future to show that growth is leading to total collapse in the near future.…

Category: Trends: Economic