No, The World Isn’t Getting Better For Everyone

Contrary to what Gates Foundation may say, real poverty is increasing. This is a good assessment of the bullshit served up by the neoliberal establishment that  unhinges most discussions about poverty, food, and solutions..

According to Peter Edwards of Newcastle University, if people are to achieve normal life expectancy, they need roughly double the current IPL, or a minimum of $2.50 per day. But adopting this higher standard would seriously undermine the poverty reduction narrative. An IPL of $2.50 shows a poverty headcount of around 3.1 billion, almost triple what the World Bank and the Millennium Campaign would have us believe. It also shows that poverty is getting worse, not better, with nearly 353 million more people impoverished today than in 1981. With China taken out of the equation, that number shoots up to 852 million.

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