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Why won't the UN say what really reduces poverty? Because ideological purity takes precedence over actually helping people out of misery....

Has global extreme poverty increased, decreased, or stayed the same over the past 20 years? 95% of Americans get the answer wrong. https://humanprogress.org/article.php?p=1276 #HumanProgressData

The Industrial Revolution did not cause hunger, poverty and child labor. It helped to eliminate them.

Out of every 1,000 infants born 50 years ago, 113 died before their first birthday. Today, only 32 die. That’s a reduction of 72%. But that's a global improvement - what about your country? See the progress that's happened where you live in your lifetime:

“Between 2000 and 2011, 90% of developing countries have grown faster than the U.S., and they have done it on average by 3% annually. In just a decade, per capita income in the world’s low- and middle-income countries has doubled.” - @johanknorberg. https://buff.ly/2pgAKYS

A worker on the average wage had to work 15 hours to buy a vacuum cleaner in 1979. In 2015, he or she needed to work only 2.3 hours to buy an even better product. https://buff.ly/2Ho4vi7

Because real communism definitely, finally, absolutely and murderously does not work.

We're too pessimistic about the improvement of the world, both actual and possible. Real news to shake your unnecessary blues: @gapminder @OurWorldInData @HumanProgress @sapinker

Global extreme #poverty has plummeted over the last 20 years but most #Americans don't know this: "Extreme poverty has halved. But a staggering 19 in 20 Americans got the answer wrong." Read more: http://bit.ly/2r9sT11 @chellivia @CatoInstitute @HumanProgress #TuesdayThoughts

Evolution in action: "Cities are the new Galapagos," notes Matt Ridley. https://humanprogress.org/article.php?p=1267 #HumanProgressData