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Extreme poverty fell from 36% in 1990 to less than 10% today. It is fascinating that this progress takes place just as many in the West are starting to doubt free trade and global capitalism.

Good news from Africa, we hope: http://j.mp/2FlXlLM

"It is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women." - Camille Paglia

Socialism is back in vogue, especially among America’s college-educated youth. They are too young to remember the Cold War and few study history.

A realistic picture of the human condition should compare the imperfect present with a much more imperfect past (rather than with an imagined utopia in the future) and acknowledge the progress that humanity has already made.

Lest it be forgotten, in spite of the horrors of the 20th century, humanity has entered the new millennium more numerous, longer-living, richer, healthier, more educated and, even, more peaceful than ever before.

Extreme poverty fell from 36% in 1990 to less than 10% today. It is fascinating that this progress takes place just as many in the West are starting to doubt free trade and global capitalism.

Extreme poverty fell from 36% in 1990 to less than 10% today. It is fascinating that this progress takes place just as many in the West are starting to doubt free trade and global capitalism.

"It is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.” - Camille Paglia

99.99% of all households in India now have electricity. By next month, this figure should rise to 100%.