Important: measures of wealth inequality are NOT measures of poverty! Global wealth has become much more concentrated as poverty has *simultaneously* DECLINED dramatically. Models that don't make this distinction are likely to make harmful prescriptions https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts …https://twitter.com/_JamieWhyte/status/1042153627530547206 …
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This is *exactly* what I'm getting at when I make a distinction between wealth inequality and poverty. A world with extreme wealth inequality where, nevertheless, the poorest have enough food, healthcare, and shelter is remarkably better than a perfectly equal hellscape.
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You're right that internet, computers, etc is fundamentally good I'm personally just concerned that for countries like mine, the list of imports (internet services, computers, cars, etc) will outpace the list of exports (coffee, emeralds). Cost of living outpaces opportunities
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