In this essay, I review Robert Fogel's The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100 which is concerned with …

exertion and food intake -- and the underlying causes of obesity -- childhood and adult poverty, depression, and attitudes …

-term rates of poverty reduction in the world, due to both economic growth and falling inequality. Did ethnic inequality fall … since 1969 and was that a key factor in the country's success in reducing poverty and in managing inequality? New measures … important as the overall rate of growth in household incomes. Despite past progress in reducing ethnic inequality, the …