Max Roser
Researcher @UniOfOxford – Follow me for data visualizations of long-term trends of living standards – mostly from my web publication: OurWorldinData.org
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Engagierte Seniorin: Hundertjährige kanditiert für Stadtrat
"Wer etwas ändern will, muss sich dafür einsetzen." Mit diesem Motto tritt eine Hundertjährige zur Kommunalwahl in einem Städtchen in Rheinland-Pfalz an.
Max Roser
„Wer etwas ändern will muss sich dafür einsetzen“
Unsere Nachbarin Lisel Heise kandidiert für den Stadtrat in Kirchheimbolanden. Sie ist jetzt 100 Jahre alt
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Apply to Y Combinator
To apply for the Y Combinator program, submit an application form. We accept companies twice a year in two batches. The program includes dinners every Tuesday, office hours with YC partners and access to the network of other YC founders. The program...
Quantum computing for the very curious
Presented in an experimental mnemonic medium that makes it almost effortless to remember what you read
Alan Krueger Led a Quiet Economics Revolution
The Princeton professor, who died over the weekend, upended the field by relying on data instead of airy theory.
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Max Roser
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Donate - Give the Gift of a Fresh Start
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Max Roser
Upsolve.org is a nonprofit that helps Americans file for bankruptcy for free to give the chance for a fresh start.
If you're in debt they might be able to help.
If you want to support them you can do that with a donation: upsolve.org/donate
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Konferenz in Nairobi: Die Welt versinkt im Plastik - und die Uno schaut zu - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Wissenschaft
Europa kann Wattestäbchen, Wegwerfgabeln oder Tüten verbieten. Doch die Hauptursache für das globale Problem mit dem Kunststoff liegt woanders. Welche Staaten die Meere vermüllen.
Max Roser
Der Spiegel fragt wie der Plastikmüll in die Weltmeere kommt.
Ein guter Artikel mit Daten von @OurWorldInData:
spiegel.de/wissenschaft/n… pic.twitter.com/0HjIDGaRIA
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Lights, Camera … Income! Illuminating the National Accounts-Household Surveys Debate *
Abstract. GDP per capita and household survey means present conflicting pictures of the rate of economic development in emerging countries. One of the areas i
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Max Roser
In understanding what happens to global poverty we can rely on two sources, household surveys and the national accounts (GDP).
Pinkovskiy and Sala-i-Martin asked: Which source should we trust more? They recommend GDP per capita as the starting point.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-ab… pic.twitter.com/mPDvlaXs6k
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Frontend Engineer — GitHub Jobs
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Max Roser
If you are a web developer who
wants to advance open science,
publish research in the best possible format,
and who cares about global development, maybe you want to join our team to publish https://t.co/W3jYzkdvIh?
Our job ad is now out on GitHub: jobs.github.com/positions/eb44… pic.twitter.com/kTphUiChwF
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GitHub Jobs
Max Roser
If you are a web developer who cares about global development and open science, maybe you want to join our team to publish https://t.co/W3jYzkdvIh?
Our job ad is now out on GitHub:
jobs.github.com/positions/eb44… pic.twitter.com/hOiLSLrFGZ
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Econ 101 Will Never Be the Same
It’s time to retire Harvard professor Gregory Mankiw’s conventional wisdom.
Our World in Data (YC W19 Nonprofit) Is Hiring a Front End Developer, Oxford UK | Hacker News
Max Roser
Y Combinator (where we are based currently) just shared our job ad:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=193589…
We are looking for a web developer to join our small Our World in Data team.
If you want to work with us in Oxford and make important research openly available please get in touch!
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CORE call for research proposals - economics' 'gender problem'
We invite CORE teachers, students and others to propose ways to explore whether our introductory courses The Economy and Economy, Society, and Economic Policy may help to correct the gender imbalances in those studying and teaching economics, or in...
Questions on population and population growth
Questions people have about population and population growth What is the size of the world population today? What is the size of population in [country x] today? Which are the most populous countries in the world? Which are the most...
Real Disposable Household Income by Income Decile
An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
Max Roser
The paper is 'Rising Income Inequality and Living Standards in OECD Countries: How Does the Middle Fare?'
It is published by Stefan Thewissen, Lane Kenworthy, Tim Smeeding, Brian Nolan, and me.
You can explore the data yourself here
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The World Really Is Getting Richer as Poor Countries Catch Up
Arguments that extreme poverty is on the rise don’t match the data.
Max Roser
What was good was that there was some very thoughtful commentary.
The latest was Noah Smith’s text on global poverty reduction and colonialism
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What are the consequences of the shift from a two hump to a one hump world?
The shift in the global distribution of income leads to several big changes in the nature of development, but mindsets created in the 1970s are resisting