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~700M people live in extreme poverty today (<$2 a day) while there is more than $12 trillion in 401k and IRAs. Homes are a luxury.
by hindsightbias 5y ago
~700M people live in extreme poverty today (<$2 a day) while there is more than $12 trillion in 401k and IRAs.
Homes are a luxury.
- ben_w 5y agoThat number has been trending downwards for ages even though we’re not capping income: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/distribution-of-population-poverty-thresholds https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/distribution-of-populatio...
- ksec 5y agoWe were on course to completely eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 if it wasn't for COVID. But then I would argue even today most of the extreme poverty are partly a results of politics in their region.