Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
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citation: Sullivan, D., & Hickel, J. (2023). Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century. World development, 161, 106026.
This interesting paper finds that the poverty of the pre-capitalist world is not that severe and the social progressive movements improved the social welfare and reduced the poverty.
Link of video (presentation): (in Chinese)
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