Particularly telling is that he compares the gap between the US, Germany, Italy, Spain, and France.
I really want to see the same charts for coastal vs inland China and Mexico. Did a rising tide lift all boats there or not?
I really want to see the same charts for coastal vs inland China and Mexico. Did a rising tide lift all boats there or not?
But the global data on poverty is basically unassailable. Poverty has declined absolutely everywhere. The rising tide lifted at least the very poorest boats, whatever can be said for the American middle class notwithstanding.