Thread by @Noahpinion

Guardian columnist Jason Hickel has gotten huge attention for arguing that global poverty has risen in recent decades.

The problem is, Hickel is completely and totally wrong:

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Here is a Vox article going into more detail about other ways in which Hickel is utterly wrong:

vox.com/future-perfect…

Of course, the data showing huge drops in global poverty are so powerful that they should speak for themselves:

https://twitter.com/dinapomeranz/status/1142752940639342592?lang=en

In any case, the fact that Hickel is wrong about the recent history of global poverty should by now be well-known and well-accepted.

He may still keep pressing his arguments, but substantively the debate is over.

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