A short YouTube video by TJ Walker arguing that despite frequent pessimistic claims, global extreme poverty has fallen dramatically over time. Walker states that when he was born much of the world lived in extreme poverty and that today the share in extreme poverty is "10% or less," presenting this decline as significant progress.
10% or less.
Everyone likes to claim gloom and doom. The world's never been worse and the middle class is being destroyed. Part of that's true. But the big picture is poverty worldwide has decreased year after year after year, slowly but surely. When I was born, the world lived in extreme poverty. Today, it's 10% or less. That is progress and something to be thankful for.
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