{"id":19429,"date":"2023-11-23T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/?post_type=events&#038;p=19429"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:58:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:58:25","slug":"the-world-economic-history-in-4-figures-1-photo-and-1-table","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/events\/the-world-economic-history-in-4-figures-1-photo-and-1-table\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Economic History in 4 Figures, 1 Photo, and 1 Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-button\"    aria-disabled=\"false\"\n    >\n    <a\n        role=\"link\"\n        aria-disabled=\"false\"\n                    href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/calendar?post_type=events&#038;p=19429&#038;calendar\"\n                target=\"_self\"\n        class=\"btn btn--secondary\"\n            >Add to calendar<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-md\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This session is now full. Please email <a href=\"mailto:anne-sophie.henrioul@uni.lu\">anne-sophie.henrioul@uni.lu<\/a> in order to be put on a waiting list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lecture held in English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"speaker\"\n    >\nSpeaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person\/NTAwMDIwMjZfX0FuZHJlYXMgSVJNRU4=\/\">Andreas Irmen<\/a><br>Full professor of Macroeconomics and applied Microeconomics<br>Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance<br>Department of Economics and Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"abstract\"\n    >\nAbstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For most of human history, the world\u2019s population was equally poor. The sustained increase in living standards is a recent phenomenon. It affected some countries earlier than others, leading to huge discrepancies in the living standards across countries. 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