Here’s an excellent article on the environment and economic (and therefore health and longevity) progress from Bret Stephens at the Wall Street Journal.
Some of my favourite points:
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Facts tell a different story. When Deng Xiaoping began introducing elements of a market economy in 1980, Chinese life expectancy at birth was 65.3 years. Today it is about 73 years. The numbers are probably a bit inflated, as most numbers are in the People’s Republic, but the trend line is undeniable. In India, life expectancy rose from 52.5 years in 1980 to about 67 years today. If this is the consequence of following the “American economic model” then poor countries need more of it.
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The rest is brilliant too.
Admission. Okay so my title was a bit tongue-in-cheek. I didn’t mean to imply everyone in Western nations are stupid. Capitalists come out well… and humanely.
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