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That's absolutely not true. People live better across the world today than they lived 50 or even 20 years ago. I read statistics somewhere that people in some o
by mudil 12y ago
That's absolutely not true. People live better across the world today than they lived 50 or even 20 years ago. I read statistics somewhere that people in some obscure African country today (can't recall the name) have a living standards of Finland of 20 years ago.
Think about this: the major health issue nowadays across the world is obesity, not hunger.
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoYou're talking about the longest-term possible scale, which is called progress. We were talking about everything below that scale.
- afterburner 12y agoThe key word was "spontaneously". You have to make sure the money gets there.
- BugBrother 12y agoI'm hellbanned (too easily trollable) so you probably won't see this, but I recommend an article by Krugman which changed my world view: http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/1997/03/in_praise_of_cheap_labor.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/19...
- adventured 12y agoThat's practically impossible. Finland in 1994 had a very high standard of living. Their GDP per capita in '94 was equivalent to roughly $40,000 in today's dollar. Maybe Finland of 1914. Nigeria's GDP per capita today, for example, is $3,000.
- mudil 12y ago"the average Botswanan today earns more than the average citizen of Finland did in 1955." http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2013/11/10/the-rational-optimist-reviewed/ http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2013/11/10/the-rationa... I read Scott Ridley's book. And I recommend it highly.