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World Social Indicators: Life Expectancy

Oct 23, 2017

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in Demography, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Series: World Social Indicators 2017, Trends: Social

Demographers commonly use life expectancy rates as a measure of societal well-being. Life expectancy is the number of years someone is expected to live when born based on actuarial science. Long life is a universal indicator of prosperity across cultures and time. It is an important measure to demographers because achieving it requires a complex…

Saturday Links

Sep 8, 2013

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in Business, Christian Life, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Economics, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Links – Saturday, Poverty, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. How effective has the Millennium Villages Project been? Here is a recent Op Ed in the NYT the Millennium Villages Project by Joe Nocerra, Fighting Poverty, and Critics. 2. Global Economic Growth Has Hit A Two-And-A-Half Year High 3. What Every U.S. Family Really Needs for a Minimum Living Standard … Computers have become…

The Hard Truth about Economic Inequality that Both the Left and Right Ignore

Apr 11, 2013

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, History, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Weatlh and Income Distribution

PBS Newshour: The Hard Truth about Economic Inequality that Both the Left and Right Ignore Jerry Muller is one of my favorite economic historians. This piece offers an insightful analysis of inequality in advanced market economies. As I read this piece, I kept thinking back to Robert Fogel's (another favorite economic historian) The Fourth Great…

WSI: Demographic Transition Model

Jul 31, 2008

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in Demography, Health and Medicine, History, Series: World Social Indicators 2008, Trends: Social

To understand technophysio evolution's impact on the global population, we can look at what demographers call the Demographic Transition Model (DTM). The DTM is a model reflecting the experience of Western Europe, extrapolated to interpret anticipated global demographic trends. There are four phases to the DTM: Stage 1: Death rates (deaths per 1,000 population) and birth…

WSI: Technophysio Evolution

Jul 30, 2008

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in Demography, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Series: World Social Indicators 2008, Sociology, Trends: Social

Two “L” shaped graphs highlight the extraordinary changes in human prosperity over the last twelve thousand years. After millennia of infant mortality rates of 200-300 per 1,000 and life expectancy at birth of 20-30 years, most people today live in nations where infant mortality rates are dropping below 50, on their way to the single-digit…

MEC: Technophysio Evolution and Demographic Transition

Mar 24, 2008

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in Demography, Great Divergence, History, Human Progress, Series: Must Everything Change?, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Two "L" shaped graphs highlight the extraordinary changes in human prosperity over the last twelve thousand years. After millennia of infant mortality rates of 200-300 per 1,000 and life expectancy at birth of 20-30 years, most people today live in nations where infant mortality rates are dropping below 50, on their way to the single-digit…

Robert Fogel on Improving Health Care – Developing Nations

Mar 5, 2008

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in Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Public Policy

This a continuation of yesterday's post about Robert Fogel's views on improving global health care as found in The Escape From Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100. Europe, America, and the Third World. Today's segment concerns health care in developing nations. Any emphasis is mine. Finally, any consideration of how to reduce health inequality must involve…

Robert Fogel on Improving Health Care – USA

Mar 4, 2008

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in Health and Medicine, Poverty, Public Policy

How can we best improve people's health, both in the United States and in developing nations? Nobel laureate economist Robert Fogel wrote a book in 2004 called The Escape From Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100. Europe, America, and the Third World. The book was a fascinating (if somewhat technical) review of the era when the…

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