{"id":4437,"date":"2019-02-23T23:27:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T23:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2019-02-23T23:27:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T23:27:13","slug":"bill-gates-tweeted-out-a-chart-and-sparked-a-debate-on-global-poverty-vox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/23\/bill-gates-tweeted-out-a-chart-and-sparked-a-debate-on-global-poverty-vox\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates tweeted out a chart and sparked a debate on global poverty &#8211; Vox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2019\/2\/12\/18215534\/bill-gates-global-poverty-chart\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/world_population_in_extreme_poverty_absolute.jpg?w=625&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The percentage of humans living in extreme poverty has diminished greatly since 1820. That&#8217;s an important and marvelous fact. But there&#8217;s also nuance around how to interpret that, and what narrative it might serve. There was recently a debate between researchers on the subject, and Vox does a good job of summarizing it. Recommended reading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"OtaMM5\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">&#8230;over the course of the debate, the two sides\u2019 positions appeared, at least to me, to converge substantially. Everyone agrees that since 1981, the incomes of the world\u2019s poorest people have gone up \u2014 even Hickel has\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonhickel\/status\/1093571926889558025\">disavowed his Guardian headline<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">, saying it was forced upon him by editors. Everyone agrees incomes for the poor haven\u2019t gone up enough, and that $1.90 per day is hardly enough for a human being to live a decent life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"COaCqy\">The big differences, then, are how to slice and interpret these facts, and which political interests and narratives they serve. Hickel argues that focusing on data showing declines in global poverty does political work on behalf of global capitalism, defending an inherently unjust global system that has failed residents of rich and poor nations alike. Pinker agrees that the data supports the idea that capitalism is working for the world\u2019s poorest, and says that\u2019s a decisive rebuttal of Hickel\u2019s narrative of enduring persecution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2019\/2\/12\/18215534\/bill-gates-global-poverty-chart\">Bill Gates tweeted out a chart and sparked a debate on global poverty &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of humans living in extreme poverty has diminished greatly since 1820. That&#8217;s an important and marvelous fact. But there&#8217;s also nuance around how to interpret that, and what narrative it might serve. There was recently a debate between researchers on the subject, and Vox does a good job of summarizing it. Recommended reading. 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