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The Best Year in Our History?
27th December 2016
"Extreme poverty, child mortality, illiteracy, and global inequality are at historic lows; vaccinations, basic education, including girls, and democracy are at all-time highs."
Steven Pinker tries to change the narrative on the gloomy end of year assessments. Read his article here. And there is plenty more good news to share!
Global median income has almost doubled between 2003 and 2013.
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) December 27, 2016
As always, from: https://t.co/W3jYzkv76R pic.twitter.com/yckLpfLq4l
The worldwide number of deaths from malaria has fallen by almost half since 2005. https://t.co/b8CMquPFeT pic.twitter.com/7YtVEH7poj
— Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 (@DinaPomeranz) December 25, 2016
This chart! World average cost of producing energy from solar photovoltaic is now the same as from coal. https://t.co/b8SKuIIyIH pic.twitter.com/VRgmaAnrOl
— Ignacy Morawski (@iggnacy) December 27, 2016
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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