Is World Poverty Getting Worse?

DISCLAIMER: All data is adjusted for inflation.

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[NeilJunior12]

SO less poverty, less poor, hungry people, good, but also less money in this economy right now tosupport them? ehhhh

[JesterCurse]

If by 2015, only 10% of the people are living on under $1 a day, that seems great on the surface. Unfortunately, inflationary upswings change the purchasing power of the money. In 1970, $1 a day bought a LOT more than currently. The banks are making it so that you have to make $10 a day by then to maintain the same purchasing power as $1.

[DemianHermann]

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[serialkiller1990]

@RealFutureStar33

All factual evidence is against you. Even many countries of africa are developing. Countries like South Korea, Japan, China were just as poor as those countries 50 years ago. China was much poorer then India. and India experienced a era of stagnation under socialistic policies. Japan and Korea are wealthy even for western standards. This excuse that only wealthy are getting wealthier. If that was true people in Europe would be just as poor as in Africa.

[BaseOfLiterature]

On average, India's poverty went down, but there is still unequal development. In reality, the GDP as well as per capita income and so forth only increased because the urban population and the ownership class was prospering. The rural population probably had to endure incredible poverty and neglect just for the government to polish its image in the UN and sit at the West's table.

[cultofmao]

Ther cure to world poverty is to rise up, topple the Capitalist circus, wave your red flags and join with all other Socialists all over the globe, Unite!

[zitoh]

Like the person below me said, don't forget about inflation.

On top of that, please don't forget the increasing inequity in the world.

Don't comfort us with the illusion that the problems in our world are being cured so we can sit back in our couch and wait for a better world. It is not good for people.

@proletarian48 >> implying that democracy (anti-capitalistic or not) and capitalism are separable entities.

Dear proletariat, please grow up.

[mahatango747]

Don't Forget about Inflation



[GoingGoingGalt]

@proletarian48 Is that comment supposed to be a joke?

[RealFutureStar33]

To bad poverty is getting worse and this film sucked