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Sunday, July 16, 2023

Were the Prophets of Doom Wrong?

The conventional wisdom about the global economy is that the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer. What if that isn’t true?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/economics-inequality-piketty-milanovic/674702/

The Great Convergence: Global Equality and Its Discontents by Branko Milanovic
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/great-convergence-equality-branko-milanovic

Related:
Two Theories of What I’m Getting Wrong
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/opinion/climate-change-biden-building-investment.html