{"id":545915,"date":"2010-04-28T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-amazing-acceleration-of-human-enterprise-2010-4"},"modified":"2010-04-28T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T13:53:00","slug":"12-charts-on-the-amazing-history-of-human-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545915","title":{"rendered":"12 Charts On The Amazing History Of Human Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bb1e9e07f8b9a6b2a780100-274-206\/china-peasants.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"china peasants\" width=\"274\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/liu.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2:291760\">Swedish doctoral thesis<\/a> on the &#8220;acceleration of human enterprise&#8221; written by Dana Cordell offers an awesome glimpse into the history of human economic development and its effects on the world.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of wealth, tourism, fertilizer use, etc. all took place in the past fifty years &#8212; and human enterprise is still increasing.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re facing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/15-facts-about-the-coming-water-crisis-2010-3\">water crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-is-peak-oil-2009-12\">oil crisis<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-15-countries-at-the-greatest-risk-of-default-2010-2\">debt crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837397f8b9a3e6f390200-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837387f8b9a1b6f710200-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837397f8b9a4a6fa90100-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837377f8b9a0f716c0000-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837377f8b9a104f900700-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837387f8b9a2a6fa20200-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837387f8b9a125e790000-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837367f8b9ab54f250400-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837367f8b9ac65c340700-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837357f8b9a674ee80b00-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837377f8b9a095ea00000-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bd837397f8b9a3d50f50000-400-300\/.jpg\" alt=\" \" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Now check out&#8230;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4ba764fe7f8b9ad315b70100-400-300\/now-check-out.jpg\" alt=\"Now check out...\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MCA\/Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/15-facts-about-the-coming-water-crisis-2010-3\">15 Depressing Facts About The Coming Water Crisis<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-amazing-acceleration-of-human-enterprise-2010-4#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/fTxyewQtZrM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Swedish doctoral thesis on the &#8220;acceleration of human enterprise&#8221; written by Dana Cordell offers an awesome glimpse into the history of human economic development and its effects on the world. The vast majority of wealth, tourism, fertilizer use, etc. all took place in the past fifty years &#8212; and human enterprise is still increasing. 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