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← There is no known escape from poverty other than climbing the global value chain.
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29 Jul 2025
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Oliver Kim — holds since 2025-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pollution is a price worth paying for escaping poverty only if the people breathing it are the ones who escape. — tap to centre the map on it Pollution is a price worth paying for escaping poverty only if the people breathing it are the ones who escape. Last stated a year ago
29 Jul 2025
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Oliver Kim — holds since 2025-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth. — tap to centre the map on it Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth. Last stated 3 years ago
17 Jan 2024
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Javier Milei — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some aid programmes will beat cash at solving a specific problem, but few will beat it at simply making poor people less poor. — tap to centre the map on it Some aid programmes will beat cash at solving a specific problem, but few will beat it at simply making poor people less poor. Last stated 13 years ago
14 Mar 2014
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An economy needs lots of energy consumption in order to escape poverty. — tap to centre the map on it An economy needs lots of energy consumption in order to escape poverty. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A world without mass child mortality does not have to be imagined, because rich countries are already living in it. — tap to centre the map on it A world without mass child mortality does not have to be imagined, because rich countries are already living in it. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Jun 2023
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Saloni Dattani — holds since 2023-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Exporting natural resources can lift a country out of poverty and cannot make it rich. — tap to centre the map on it Exporting natural resources can lift a country out of poverty and cannot make it rich. Last stated a year ago
14 Jul 2025
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Noah Smith — holds since 2025-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow. — tap to centre the map on it Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow. Last stated 2 years ago
6 Apr 2025
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
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Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us — tap to centre the map on it Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us
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Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners — tap to centre the map on it Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners
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Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired — tap to centre the map on it The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired Last stated 236 years ago
18 Dec 1790
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Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand. — tap to centre the map on it A sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand. Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Enforcing non-compete agreements on low-wage jobs is anti-competitive and artificially suppresses wages. — tap to centre the map on it Enforcing non-compete agreements on low-wage jobs is anti-competitive and artificially suppresses wages. Last stated 4 weeks ago
24 Sept 2026
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Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In commodity industries, extraordinary profits from shortages are eventually competed away as supply responds to the profit incentive, and losses are similarly self-correcting through reduced supply. — tap to centre the map on it In commodity industries, extraordinary profits from shortages are eventually competed away as supply responds to the profit incentive, and losses are similarly self-correcting through reduced supply. Last stated a year ago
5 Sept 2025
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Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2025-09-05 — tap for who they are
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There is no known escape from poverty other than climbing the global value chain.
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Pollution is a price worth paying for escaping poverty only if the people breathing it are the ones who escape.
Holds
Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth.
Holds
Some aid programmes will beat cash at solving a specific problem, but few will beat it at simply making poor people less poor.
Holds
An economy needs lots of energy consumption in order to escape poverty.
Holds
A world without mass child mortality does not have to be imagined, because rich countries are already living in it.
Holds
Exporting natural resources can lift a country out of poverty and cannot make it rich.
Holds
A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse.
Holds
Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow.
Holds
A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price.
Holds
A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
Last stated c. 1962
Holds
A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price.
Holds
Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us
Last stated c. 1944
Holds
Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners
Last stated c. 1944
Holds
The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired
Holds
A sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand.
Holds
Enforcing non-compete agreements on low-wage jobs is anti-competitive and artificially suppresses wages.
Holds
In commodity industries, extraordinary profits from shortages are eventually competed away as supply responds to the profit incentive, and losses are similarly self-correcting through reduced supply.
Holds