Thursday, December 02, 2010

Free Market Capitalism: Best Path to Longer Life



HT: Coyote Blog via Pete Friedlander

6 Comments:

At 12/02/2010 11:10 PM, Blogger yamahaeleven said...

If you haven’t already, check out his talks on TED.com, all of them are just as fascinating.

 
At 12/03/2010 4:29 AM, Blogger juandos said...

Stunningly uninformative...

 
At 12/03/2010 2:55 PM, Blogger Junkyard_hawg1985 said...

That is a GREAT video.

 
At 12/03/2010 9:51 PM, Blogger Anon A. Mus said...

I agree, juandos. And then I pressed the "play" button for the video and enjoyed the 4D presentation of economic data.

 
At 12/05/2010 1:21 AM, Blogger Darren said...

Really interesting but going from that video to your title is one hell of a non-sequitur.

 
At 12/07/2010 12:21 PM, Blogger VangelV said...

Really interesting but going from that video to your title is one hell of a non-sequitur.

Really? Do you mean to say that you don't understand what Rosling is showing you?

There is one thing that I noticed that should have us question the accuracy of the data. While the decline in American life expectancy is quite evident for 1918 who don't we see a change during the Civil War? Clearly the software and databases used by Rosling provide a useful look at things they need to be audited for accuracy.

Anyone who wants to play with the data can go to http://www.gapminder.org/ and take a look.

 

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