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Bjorn Lomborg
By Bjorn Lomborg - Apr 13,2023
Over the course of the 20th century, tobacco smoking killed around 100 million people, most of whom lived in today’s rich countries. However, that picture is changing, and the health burdens of smoking are now moving from high-income to low- and middle-income countries.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Apr 06,2023
Supporting free trade is out of fashion. In rich countries, it has been blamed for job losses and all-but-abandoned by policymakers.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Mar 30,2023
Of all our global promises for development that we are on track to fail by 2030, and there are many, one of the most tragic and infuriating is our limited progress on ending global malnutrition.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Mar 25,2023
The infectious disease that killed the most people last year is one we’ve heard almost nothing about: tuberculosis. In 2022, it likely claimed 1.4 million lives, more than the total toll of COVID.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Mar 12,2023
Every two minutes, nine newborn babies and one mother die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Mar 07,2023
Every two minutes, nine newborn babies and one mother die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Mar 05,2023
Vaccination is one of the true wonders of humanity, having saved more lives than any other medical invention and providing population-level control of diseases that once ran rampant.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Feb 28,2023
One of humanity’s biggest achievements in the last century was making a huge increase in food production.
By Bjorn Lomborg - Feb 14,2023
In the year 2000, something remarkable happened: the world came together and committed to a short list of ambitious targets which became known as the Millennium Development Goals.

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