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0:00 you get a 100 people in a room together randomly in this country and frankly around the world and you ask them what has happened to Poverty on planet Earth since 1980 has it gone up or gone down 80% of them and as you're watching 80% of you will think it's gone up this is about as false as false can get you can go back to the 90s and 40% of the planet is living in Desperate poverty desperate
0:27 grinding less than $2 a day poverty that rate of poverty has fallen dramatically in the past couple decades to the point where it is below 9% now I'm not saying the world is perfect I'm not saying that you yourself might not be living a hard and challenging life but the notion that Global poverty has gone up instead of collapsing at the fastest rate anyone has ever seen before just goes to show you how much of a problem it is when the
0:55 discourse isn't allowed to really flourish
Summary
- A survey of 100 people would likely show that 80% believe global poverty has increased.
- In the 1990s, 40% of the global population lived in extreme poverty (less than $2 a day).
- Current statistics indicate that extreme poverty has dropped to below 9%.
- The decline in poverty is the fastest recorded in history.
- There is a disconnect between public perception and actual data on poverty.
- The discourse surrounding poverty needs to be more open and informed.
- Personal hardships do not negate the overall positive trend in global poverty reduction.