>How many people did it lift out of poverty? Well, that's a trick question without considering how many were or will be knocked down a notch or two in living s

>How many people did it lift out of poverty? Well, that's a trick question without considering how many were or will be knocked down a notch or two in living standards at the same time, including many pushed into actual poverty themselves, only with lingering downward momentum that "keeps on giving" in ways that are opposite of those being "lifted".