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https://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2016/mar/23/gayle-smith/did-we-really-reduce-extreme-poverty-half-30-years/ https://www.politifact.com/global-
by orangecat 8y ago
https://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2016/mar/23/gayle-smith/did-we-really-reduce-extreme-poverty-half-30-years/ https://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2016/mar/2... . You can debate how to define "poverty", and I'd certainly agree that somebody making $1.91/day isn't terribly well off, but real income has been consistently rising especially in the last 30 years.
- cbHXBY1D 8y agoExcept a number of researchers and academics dispute that fact. Many say that it's a PR campaign for the World Bank and that it doesn't tell the whole story. If you raise the poverty line just a little higher to $5 then abject poverty has been increasing. https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/974966050625413122 https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/974966050625413122 https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2018/8/30/the-moral-egregiousness-of-poverty-is-worse-than-ever-before-in-history https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2018/8/30/the-moral-egregio...
- bryanlarsen 8y agoYour own link says that even that has fallen from 71.8% in 1990 to 58.1% in 2013.