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Tired of free trade? A man spent $1,500 and 6 months of his life to make a sandwich from scratch.

The graph reflects data showing a massive increase in wealth throughout the world over the last two centuries

The danger ahead doesn't lie in a specific, supposedly unsolvable problem - history shows humanity is capable of addressing great challenges. The danger lies in turning our backs on the means by which problems can be solved - reason, science, open discourse...

The total number of undernourished persons is dropping despite population growth. https://buff.ly/2EitSRh #food

Between 1975 and 2015, the Chilean economy grew by 287 percent. Venezuela’s shrunk by 12 percent.

In half a century we have gone from 75% of the world living in extreme poverty, to just 9 percent. - @mattwridley https://buff.ly/2EmSN62

Growth in average per capita incomes prior to the Industrial Revolution was painfully slow - almost non-existent. Adjusted for inflation, an average inhabitant of the planet is today roughly ten times as rich as she or he was just two centuries ago.

The amount of labor that once bought 54 minutes of light now buys 52 years of light.

Today, Africa's literacy rate is higher than the worldwide average 25 years ago. https://buff.ly/2El8VF2 #education

When communism fell, so did mass killings. https://buff.ly/2EsxJ1k