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Video | Wealth & Poverty

Dead Wrong: What Happened to the Poor?

We’ve heard that extreme poverty has declined more than ever in the last few years. However, these people only just made it above the threshold, and they’re closer to extreme poverty, than to middle income. They could just as easily slip back. Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — May 10, 2017

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  • Johan Norberg

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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