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Globally you are absolutely right. Quality of life for billions is improving. If you look at the developed world only, the divide between the rich and poor is
by pedalpete 3y ago
Globally you are absolutely right. Quality of life for billions is improving.
If you look at the developed world only, the divide between the rich and poor is growing. Quality of life for those outside of the middle-class (and some would even say for the middle-class) is decreasing in these regions.
We absolutely don't want to forget about the poorest globally, and need to ensure they continue to benefit and increase their quality of life, but we don't want to ignore the poor in developed countries.
- varjag 3y agoThe divide in developed world could well be growing, although it's not appreciable here in Norway or much of Europe. Can't say quality of life is decreasing for any slice of society. If you believe the story of asymptotic poverty curve, life circumstances for poor have to be dramatically worse now than in 1980s and they simply aren't.