How do we know the history of extreme poverty? (2019)

Re:How do we know the history of extreme poverty? (2019) by ctdonath on Monday April 05, 2021 @11:17AM (#26700144)

Pedantic. That not literally everyone lives at a given baseline doesn’t disqualify fact that we’ve raised 90% of everyone from under to over that baseline in a few decades.

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Re:How do we know the history of extreme poverty? (2019) by KozmoNau7 on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:11PM (#26703270)

People in the richest nations in the history of humanity are starving, homeless and without access to healthcare.

What does that say about those who have more wealth than they could spend in several lifetimes?

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