• ExLisper@linux.community
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    1 year ago

    In the last 20 years vastly more people climbed out of poverty in China than in USA. If that’s your metric Chinese economy is doing amazing and USA has stagnated 20 years ago.

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      1 year ago

      It’s pretty much a fact that the Chinese economy has been doing great in the last 20 years, and since most of the extreme poverty used to be in places like China, it’s not a large surprise that the most climbing happened there. It’s easier to climb when you’re at the bottom – there’s way more room above you than below you.