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How about this trend? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-ext

by YZF 4mo ago

How about this trend? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extre... There is growth, it might not be where you are, or it might be superimposed with other effects for you.

smallmancontrov 4mo ago
Selfishness is a sin for me but a virtue for billionaires lobbying away the last shreds of tax they are embarrassed to pay? I see how it is.
amavect 4mo ago
That graph ends in 2015. The 2025 graph flattens. Looks like we can explain this trend by the economic development of East Asia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_population_living_in_extreme_poverty,_by_world_region_(PovcalNet,_World_Bank),_OWID.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_population_living_i... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty