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You sure that globalism has contributed nothing to the development of poor countries? The number of people in poverty has decreased drastically over the past h
by haltingthoughts 9y ago
You sure that globalism has contributed nothing to the development of poor countries?
The number of people in poverty has decreased drastically over the past half century. Do you have any other candidates other than trade liberalization?
https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty/ https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty/
- Mikeb85 9y agoThat's a terrible definition of extreme poverty. Also, inequality matters. It's nice that the crumbs poor people receive are getting bigger, but things like social unrest, wars, revolutions, crime, famine are due to inequality and unequal distribution of resources. Being poor isn't a problem by itself, it's the other things that come with it which are a problem. Having cell phones and making more than $1.90 per day didn't prevent the revolutions in Libya and Syria, and subsequent deaths/displacement of millions. Actual development and reducing inequality is massively important.
- haltingthoughts 9y agoHow is that a terrible definition? What do you propose? What metric do you want? Infant mortality? Life expectancy? Subjective happiness? Unrest? Hunger? Global inequality? All of them are drastically down globally. Within country inequity? Flat. https://ourworldindata.org/happiness-and-life-satisfaction/ https://ourworldindata.org/happiness-and-life-satisfaction/ https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality/ https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality/