…the vast majority of global health and development funding. I think there is a fair amount of evidence that suggests development funding can have as much disastrous consequence as good. In his book The Great Escape[1], Angus Deaton (Nobel Prize economist) describes how non-interventionist economic development seems to have been the main driver of better outcomes across the world, and not the flush pockets of westerners,…
> Is a kid worth less than a working parent? This is an interesting question Angus Deaton talks about in "The Great Escape" So a baby knows hardly any one but has their life ahead of them. Where as a old person has less years but their death effects more people. Once you get into a working ability, it depends on their…
It was quite surprising for me to read (in Angus Deaton’s The Great Escape - Nobel laureate) that most of the advances on living longer that we have achieved are basically focused on not dying young (baby, infant, adolescent); but that the overall limit has been fixed in its…
…political consequences. Authors from George Packer to Tyler Cowen are stirring impassioned debate about the perceived breakdown of the American social compact. The new book from economist Angus Deaton, The Great Escape (see DemLab's excerpt here), includes a memorable quote from the lawyer Louis Brandeis: "If democracy becomes plutocracy, those who are not rich are effectively disenfranchised." Can we stop the trend?…
……绝大多数的全球卫生和发展援助资金。我认为有相当多的证据表明，发展援助带来的灾难性后果可能不亚于其益处。诺贝尔奖得主、经济学家安格斯·迪顿在《大逃亡》[1]一书中描述了，全球各地更好结果的主要驱动力似乎是不干预主义的经济发展，而不是西方人鼓鼓的钱包……
…the vast majority of global health and development funding. I think there is a fair amount of evidence that suggests development funding can have as much disastrous consequence as good. In his book The Great Escape[1], Angus Deaton (Nobel Prize economist) describes how non-interventionist economic development seems to have been the main driver of better outcomes across the world, and not the flush pockets of westerners,…
> 孩子的价值不如有工作的父母吗？这是安格斯·迪顿在《大逃亡》中讨论的一个有趣问题。婴儿几乎不认识任何人，但他们整个人生都在前头。而老年人剩下的岁月不多，但他们的去世会影响更多的人。一旦进入劳动能力阶段，就取决于他们的……
> Is a kid worth less than a working parent? This is an interesting question Angus Deaton talks about in "The Great Escape" So a baby knows hardly any one but has their life ahead of them. Where as a old person has less years but their death effects more people. Once you get into a working ability, it depends on their…
读到（诺奖得主安格斯·迪顿的《大逃亡》里）我们所取得的延长寿命的大部分进展，基本上都集中在避免过早死亡（婴儿、幼儿、青少年）上，而人类寿命的整体上限其实一直固定在其……这让我相当惊讶。
It was quite surprising for me to read (in Angus Deaton’s The Great Escape - Nobel laureate) that most of the advances on living longer that we have achieved are basically focused on not dying young (baby, infant, adolescent); but that the overall limit has been fixed in its…
……政治后果。从乔治·帕克到泰勒·考恩，作家们都在激烈探讨所谓美国社会契约的瓦解。经济学家安格斯·迪顿的新书《大逃亡》（见 DemLab 这里的节选），引用了律师路易斯·布兰代斯的一句名言：“如果民主变成了财阀统治，那么非富裕阶层实际上就被剥夺了公民权。”我们能遏制这种趋势吗？……
…political consequences. Authors from George Packer to Tyler Cowen are stirring impassioned debate about the perceived breakdown of the American social compact. The new book from economist Angus Deaton, The Great Escape (see DemLab's excerpt here), includes a memorable quote from the lawyer Louis Brandeis: "If democracy becomes plutocracy, those who are not rich are effectively disenfranchised." Can we stop the trend?…