Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this...
by rayiner on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:02PM
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That claim is not only unsupported, it's almost certainly false. The last few decades haven't been great for the middle class in wealthy countries, but it's been fantastic for "poorer people across the world." U.S. GDP per capita is up 60% since 2000. Bangladesh's is up 235%. India is up 288%. Thailand is up 195%. Poorer countries that have been able to cobble together enough rule of law to participate in capitalism have benefited tremendously from it.
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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this...
by andai on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @08:43PM
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GOAL 1:
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER
Target 1.A:
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a day
The target of reducing extreme poverty rates by half was met five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.
More than 1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty since 1990.
In 1990, nearly half of the population in the developing regions lived on less than $1.25 a day. This rate dropped to 14 per cent in 2015.