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Watch our founder, Max Roser, share the story of Our World in Data

2025-01-30 23:01:00

Check out the new video from Oxford Social Sciences, where Max shares his journey with this project.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/watch-max-roser-share-our-world-in-data-story" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/a44cfeae-4550-44ed-1444-3b04c04ad800/w=1350"/></a>

How much in subsidies do fossil fuels receive?

2025-01-27 12:00:00

Estimates range from less than $1 trillion to $7 trillion. Where do these numbers come from?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/58092c37-e5b8-42af-8d79-60234c162400/w=1350"/></a>

Introducing our new trustees, Claire Melamed and Michael Blastland

2025-01-21 12:00:00

We are very excited to share that Claire Melamed and Michael Blastland have joined our Board of Trustees.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/new-trustees-claire-melamed-michael-blastland" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/a012091e-33f8-4e5e-c5c7-6993c6f70200/w=1350"/></a>

Scaling up: how increasing inputs has made artificial intelligence more capable

2025-01-20 12:00:00

The path to recent advanced AI systems has been more about building larger systems than making scientific breakthroughs.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/scaling-up-ai" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ded84c3a-78c9-40c4-ace2-6bf8dd7c4f00/w=1350"/></a>

The great global redistributor we never hear about: money sent or brought back by migrants

2025-01-13 16:51:00

Migrants send or bring back over three times the amount of global foreign aid. Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/great-global-redistributor-money-sent-brought-back-migrants-remittances" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b514dca3-733b-4e55-481d-66d83f6c8900/w=1350"/></a>

Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades, and what do long-term prices tell us about resource scarcity?

2025-01-06 12:00:00

In the 1980s, economist Julian Simon won his bet with biologist Paul Ehrlich on mineral prices. But what does the long-term data tell us about supply and demand for resources?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/simon-ehrlich-bet" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/0ca9751d-f29d-46bb-8e3f-31eaf6087d00/w=1350"/></a>