Well, China has eradicated extreme poverty by means of communism. So that appears to be an option too. I'd be interested to see a relatively detached, objectiv

Well, China has eradicated extreme poverty by means of communism. So that appears to be an option too. I'd be interested to see a relatively detached, objective analysis on the speed and extent to which poverty is alleviated by different social policies. There's some clear variation there that deserves analysis. Edit: misread the post I replied to, "could" as "should".