Compared to 1981, there are about 1.7 billion more people in the world living above the $10/day poverty threshold. But, there are also about 1.3 billion more people living *below* that threshold. Is global capitalism to blame?
Is Global Capitalism Increasing Poverty?
A few days ago on Twitter, Nathan Robinson made the claim that global capitalism wasn’t reducing poverty. In fact, it appears that poverty, using the threshold of $10/day (rather than the usu…
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