My background is in development economics, and it&#x27;s amazing how the majority of the developed world thinks a trend is going one way (increasing abject poverty) when the data actually says the exact opposite.<p>&quot;The world’s most important economic story can be told in a single line.&quot;<p>If only the most important trends got the most attention rather than the most sensationalist&#x2F;fearful. Glad there are outlets&#x2F;opportunities like this to give it the attention this important trend deserves. And the young economist at Oxford behind this data, Max Roser, is becoming somewhat of a twitter phenom himself.