The richer getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

The top 1% of people on the planet have half the wealth.

Western corporations are plundering developing countries.

Capitalism is on its last legs.

Really?

The truth is that global inequality is tumbling.

Yeah, the richer getting richer,

but the poor are getting richer faster.

And what's driving that process?

The market.

Look at the most basic measures, literacy, longevity,

infant mortality, calorie intake, height.

More and more people are being lifted out of poverty.

I think of the changes just in my lifetime.

When I was born in 1971,

an American worker had to earn a month's salary

to be able to afford a TV set.

Now it's two days.

In 1971, fewer than half of girls

worldwide completed at least primary education.

Now it's more than 90%.

In 1971, a stationary car emitted more pollution

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