Mises Wire
Author:
Daniel Lacalle
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By the time you finish reading this article, some 600 people from all over the world will have escaped poverty . In 1990, 35% of the world population lived in extreme poverty. Today, that figure has fallen to 10.7%, according to the World Bank . In 1987, there were 660 million poor people in China. After its economy opened, that figure has fallen