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What Role Does Energy Use Play In Life Expectancy?

The Horizons Tracker

The study found that while energy usage and life expectancy were indeed correlated at specific points in time, this connection dissipated over the long-term. The link appears to be far stronger in terms of economic growth, with the research finding that 90% of the growth in GDP could be attributed to higher energy usage.

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Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce, and World

Harvard Business Review

But as good managers have discovered in so many realms of human need, pure philanthropy is not the only means for addressing social challenges. We need to remind ourselves that educating skilled workforces is an investment opportunity. higher GDP per capita than countries with average literacy scores.

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