Max Roser
researcher – Data to understand the big global problems and research that helps to make progress against them – From my site
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The Database | Penn World Table | Productivity | Productivity | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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Max Roser Hi Dina and Juan, The data in our visualization is from the Penn World Tables. I’m traveling right now, but will look into it when I have time. 27h
Productivity per hour worked
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Labor productivity per hour is measured as gross domestic product (GDP) per hour of work. GDP is adjusted for price differences between countries (PPP adjustment) and for price changes over time (inflation).
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Max Roser GDP per hour of work. – After the war the productivity in the US economy was more than 4-times higher in the US (18.2$/h vs 4.3$/h). – Since then productivity in Germany grew much faster than in the US and it has just overtaken the USA. [Here is the data ] 39h
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CO₂ emissions and GDP per capita
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Annual consumption-based emissions are domestic emissions adjusted for trade. If a country imports goods the CO₂ emissions needed to produce such goods are added to its domestic emissions; if it exports goods then this is subtracted.
Max Roser If someone is interested in that you can look at this chart and change it to other countries you might be interested in. 4d
History of Our World in Data
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Growing up I learned much of what is wrong about the world: war, poor health, environmental degradation, hunger, and poverty. Just as it was for everyone else, it was clear to me that the world faces many serious problems. And like most of us I had...
HIV/AIDS deaths and deaths averted due to antiretroviral therapy (ART)
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Annual number of deaths from HIV/AIDS and the estimated number which have been averted as a result of antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Dialekt: Wie das Bayerische Wörterbuch entsteht
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Die Dialektforscher der Akademie der Wissenschaften haben Band 3 des Bayerischen Wörterbuchs fertiggestellt. Er geht bis zum Buchstaben D.
Max Roser Studying Bavarian also takes a lot of time. They started the Bavarian dictionary 108 years ago and just published the volume that goes up to the letter D. 5d
The history of smallpox & the origins of vaccines
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Smallpox was one of the worst diseases in history. This is the story of how we killed it
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Max Roser Slaying the speckled monster. ⁦⁩ on one of the biggest triumphs of humanity ever: the eradication of smallpox and the invention of vaccines. 6d
Lovie Letters interview with Max Roser: Founder, Our World in Data
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Max Roser, Founder of Our World in Data, shares insights about his work as the Lovie Be Greater with Data Award Winner at the 9th Annual Lovie Awards.
What good are children?
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Study after study has shown that those who live with children are less satisfied with their lives than those who do not. Is there something wrong with these empirical analyses? Or is it that
Max Roser The sad finding about children is a very consistent one in this literature. But one has to be careful what this implies for one's own life decisions. Deaton and Stone ask how to interpret these findings in this text 6d
Tompsett_ARVs_current
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Max Roser 5/ In a new paper Anna Tompsett investigates the impact that ART had on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. In her research she suggests the drug against HIV/AIDS explains a *third* of Africa's "growth miracle”. An ungated version of the paper is here 6d
Share of deaths from HIV/AIDS
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An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
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Max Roser 3/ Especially the populations of South Africa and Botswana are still very much suffering from HIV/AIDS. In both countries the disease causes 29% of all deaths. [here is the data for all countries ] 6d
Columna | Las hogueras del descontento
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El 79% de los latinoamericanos cree que se gobierna solo a favor de los poderosos
Antiretroviral therapy has saved millions of lives from AIDS and could save more
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38 million people had HIV/AIDS in 2018. A couple of decades ago, the chances of surviving more than ten years with HIV were slim. Today, thanks to antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV/AIDS can expect to live long lives. How many lives has...
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Max Roser 4/ But as the previous charts already made clear, we now found a way to fight back against the disease. Antiretroviral therapy (ART). 's post for today shows that without ART the number of deaths would be *twice* as high this year. 6d
Merkel hält flammende Rede für Meinungsfreiheit, aber gegen Hetze – Applaus von der AfD bleibt aus
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Angela Merkel hat den Vorwurf, in Deutschland dürfe man nicht mehr sagen, was man denke, in einer emotionalen Ansprache im Bundestag vehement ...
Max Roser Here is German media coverage about that same speech The title is "Merkel gives rousing speech *in favor of* freedom of expression, but against hate speech – no applause from AFD (far-right party)" 7d
Carbon Flow Charts
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Max Roser Where do the CO2 emissions from energy of the US come from? – On the left shown by the source of energy: Most from oil, then coal, then gas. – Also shown by the use of energy: Most by electricity. Close behind is transportation. [source ] 8d
international-trade
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Outdoor Air Pollution
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Outdoor air pollution is one the world’s largest health and environmental challenges. An estimated 3.4 million premature deaths result from outdoor air pollution each year.
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Max Roser Outdoor air pollution is one of the world’s largest health and environmental problems. 3.4 Million people die from outdoor air pollution every year. updated our entry on the topic 9d
Max Roser It is in middle-income countries where the death rates from air pollution are highest. – 19.2 deaths per 100,000 in the US – 60 per 100k in China – 88 per 100k in India – 26 per 100k in Burundi [Here is the section ] 9d
1960: The Year The Singularity Was Cancelled
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[Epistemic status: Very speculative, especially Parts 3 and 4. Like many good things, this post is based on a conversation with Paul Christiano; most of the good ideas are his, any errors are mine.…
Max Roser Love it when authors find the relevant statistics on Our World in Data and use our visualization tools to test their theories. That’s what our work is for! Like Scott Alexander in this post which of course is also super interesting. 9d
Announcing our 2019 top charities
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We're excited to announce our top charities for 2019. After thousands of hours of vetting and review, eight charities stood out as excellent.