Tag: war deaths
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It’s Time To Admit It: The World Is Becoming A Better Place
Business Insider: OK, Haters, It's Time To Admit It: The World Is Becoming A Better Place The article includes this graph: Then this one about poverty: Many other graphs could be shown about a host of important social indicators, but the article closes with the most important one: life expectancy. Improvements in life expectancy require…
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Economics Links
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1. Carpe Diem: 5 Reasons Why 2013 Was The Best Year In Human History Fewer people are dying young, and more are living longer. … Global economic growth in the past five decades has dramatically reduced poverty and made people around the world happier. … War is becoming rarer and less deadly. … Rates of…
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Think Again: War
Foreign Policy: Think Again: War World peace could be closer than you think. The early 21st century seems awash in wars: the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, street battles in Somalia, Islamist insurgencies in Pakistan, massacres in the Congo, genocidal campaigns in Sudan. All in all, regular fighting is taking place in 18 wars around…