How has humanity made global hunger visible to itself through statistics? An article from my PhD tries to answer this question and is now published in World Development Perspectives.

Finnes det en måte å hindre Sindre Finnes og slike som ham? Part two i dagens Klassekampen Huset vinner alltid: klassekampen.no/artikkel/2023-…

«Hvorfor hamrer sentralbanksjef Ida Wolden Bache fortsatt løs, når verktøyet hennes ikke fungerer?» spør Morten Jerven i nok en god analyse som viser at sentralbankens handlinger ikke følger en naturlov.

Juksemaker pipelort! klassekampen.no/artikkel/2024-…

File this under "as soon as a measurement becomes important, it becomes useless". Presenting on Poor Numbers, I was often asked if all stats are political. I pointed to rain stats, but noted it would change if subsidies was linked. cbsnews.com/colorado/news/… via CBSColorado

«Om vanlige folk kjenner på at ting er dyrere, så kan (Langum) Becker forklare at det er bare et «prislappsjokk» og at selv om vi har dårlig råd, betyr ikke det at vi er i en økonomisk krise – «det bare føles sånn». Morten Jerven om NRKs økonomikommentator. klassekampen.no/artikkel/2024-…

New post: How Much Should We Trust Developing Country GDP? global-developments.org/p/how-much-sho…

Just finished "Epic Measures" - a book about the founding of IHME and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project, which aims to measure mortality and disability across 200+ countries Some takeaways and open questions 🧵

How much should we trust developing country GDP? A reappraisal by Oliver Kim 10 yrs after Morten Jerven's 'Poor Numbers'. global-developments.org/p/how-much-sho… h/t Jeffrey Paller