> > And yet ... by nearly every agreed-upon measure, the "cultural, > political and economic systems in place" have contributed to what can be > called--with equal understatement--a significant reduction in global > poverty rates. A 74% reduction since 1990 by some estimates. >
Let me guess - your source is Hans Rosling? Here's a different take on the matter: http://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/a-confused-statistician/ Florian
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