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>One survey found that two-thirds of Americans believed that the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has almost doubled over the last 2
by crdoconnor 11y ago
>One survey found that two-thirds of Americans believed that the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has almost doubled over the last 20 years.
Curious that the author attempts to attribute this to media sensationalism rather than, say, an increase in American poverty.
Or perhaps not, since Kristof is a fierce critic of the anti-sweatshop movement.
- tim333 11y agoLooking at the data for American poverty it hasn't budged that much https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Measures_of_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#M...
- crdoconnor 11y agohttp://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hunger-the-us-historic-highs http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hunger-the-us-historic-highs