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Yeah, but the 20 years before that also saw the largest reduction in global poverty in history. And the 20 before that. Not sure what's burning though.

• bandrami 10y ago
  Not remotely true. Mid-70s to mid-90s saw a huge increase in global poverty. Mid-50s to mid-70s did too. The last really sustained decrease in poverty before that was the 1890s and 1900s.
  • openasocket 10y ago
    Do you have a source for that? Quick Google search indicates the global poverty rate has been steadily decreasing.
    • bandrami 10y ago
      The rate kind of steadily decreased post WWII. But the numbers went up from 1950-1990, and then the absolute numbers of global poor dropped precipitously. This really is in many ways the best time to be alive in human history.