Why did our ancestors live in poverty for so long? My new post – and visualizations – on how pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were trapped in poverty.https://ourworldindata.org/breaking-the-malthusian-trap …
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The question the post is focusing on is basically: Why was this the case?pic.twitter.com/PKzyMOnDk5
I'm not sure I trust those numbers. I don't think many people in the mid 17th century would have traded their circumstances with those of people in the mid 14th.
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Mid 17th century is not a great choice. Otherwise agree that GDP figures in general ignore technological change and innovation. There is no way to actually calculate "real" incomes over centuries.https://twitter.com/adam_tooze/status/1316106437928652807?s=20 …
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