{"id":6107,"date":"2014-01-17T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2014-01-09T15:01:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T20:01:34","slug":"how-world-poverty-fell-80-in-less-than-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107","title":{"rendered":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allenskillicorn.com\/2653\/greatest-achievement-human-history-never-hear\/\">In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%.<\/a> 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is <i>how<\/i> this happened. For the explanation, I defer to Arthur Brooks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arthur Brooks: Helping those in need\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ss80iuEBC6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It turns out that between 1970 and 2010 the worst poverty in the world \u2013 people who live on one dollar a day or less \u2013 that has decreased by 80 percent. You never hear about that.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the greatest achievement in human history, and you never hear about it.<\/p>\n<p>80 percent of the world\u2019s worst poverty has been eradicated in less than 40 years. That has never, ever happened before.<\/p>\n<p>So what did that? What accounts for that? United Nations? US foreign aid? The International Monetary Fund? Central planning? No.<\/p>\n<p>It was globalization, free trade, the boom in international entrepreneurship. In short, it was the free enterprise system, American style, which is our gift to the world.<\/p>\n<p>I will state, assert and defend the statement that if you love the poor, if you are a good Samaritan, you must stand for the free enterprise system, and you must defend it, not just for ourselves but for people around the world. It is the best anti-poverty measure ever invented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not aid, not handouts, and not a government interfering with the economy; capitalism and free enterprise are the poor\u2019s best friend. Remember this the next time a politician has a \u201cbold new approach\u201d to income inequality and poverty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-economics-taxes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Doug\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.3\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stones Cry Out\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"fb:admins\" content=\"688262616\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-17T16:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-01-09T20:01:34+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#article\",\"name\":\"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out\",\"headline\":\"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-17T11:58:00-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-01-09T15:01:34-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Doug, Economics &amp; Taxes\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=8#listItem\",\"name\":\"By Contributor\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=8#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"By Contributor\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=8\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=9#listItem\",\"name\":\"Doug\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=9#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Doug\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=9\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#listItem\",\"name\":\"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=8#listItem\",\"name\":\"By Contributor\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?cat=9#listItem\",\"name\":\"Doug\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Stones Cry Out\",\"description\":\"If they keep silent...\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Doug\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5c29c8c8cb171c3cd4b529aeea37a08e9f6bd7836c9c13563f1ebd93cc181f82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Doug\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107\",\"name\":\"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out\",\"description\":\"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?p=6107#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-17T11:58:00-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-01-09T15:01:34-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stones Cry Out\",\"description\":\"If they keep silent...\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stonescryout.org\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out","description":"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For","canonical_url":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#article","name":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out","headline":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2014-01-17T11:58:00-05:00","dateModified":"2014-01-09T15:01:34-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#webpage"},"articleSection":"Doug, Economics &amp; Taxes"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=8#listItem","name":"By Contributor"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=8#listItem","position":2,"name":"By Contributor","item":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=8","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=9#listItem","name":"Doug"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=9#listItem","position":3,"name":"Doug","item":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=9","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#listItem","name":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=8#listItem","name":"By Contributor"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#listItem","position":4,"name":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=9#listItem","name":"Doug"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/#organization","name":"Stones Cry Out","description":"If they keep silent...","url":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?author=1","name":"Doug","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c29c8c8cb171c3cd4b529aeea37a08e9f6bd7836c9c13563f1ebd93cc181f82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Doug"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#webpage","url":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107","name":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out","description":"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2014-01-17T11:58:00-05:00","dateModified":"2014-01-09T15:01:34-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/","name":"Stones Cry Out","description":"If they keep silent...","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Stones Cry Out","og:type":"article","og:title":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out","og:description":"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For","og:url":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107","fb:admins":"688262616","article:published_time":"2014-01-17T16:58:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2014-01-09T20:01:34+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years | Stones Cry Out","twitter:description":"In 36 years, from 1970 to 2006, the world poverty rate fell 40%. 40%! This is huge news, but you probably didn\u2019t hear about it anywhere else. I certainly didn\u2019t until I saw the link someone posted. But the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would have put it, is how this happened. For"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"6107","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-01-04 15:08:07","updated":"2022-09-17 01:11:42","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=8\" title=\"By Contributor\">By Contributor<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=9\" title=\"Doug\">Doug<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHow World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/"},{"label":"By Contributor","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=8"},{"label":"Doug","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?cat=9"},{"label":"How World Poverty Fell 80% in Less Than 40 Years","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6107"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}