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{{DES | des = Libertarians like to claim that poverty will be solved by "[[The Magic Of The Market]]" and [[Private Charity|charity]].  But high levels of poverty persist despite US markets and charity, and has been nearly eliminated in strongly socialist nations such as Denmark.  See also [[inequality]]. | show=}}
 
{{DES | des = Libertarians like to claim that poverty will be solved by "[[The Magic Of The Market]]" and [[Private Charity|charity]].  But high levels of poverty persist despite US markets and charity, and has been nearly eliminated in strongly socialist nations such as Denmark.  See also [[inequality]]. | show=}}
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Frequently it is claimed that [[capitalism]] is responsible for alleviating world [[poverty]].  Yes, some.  But Communism was also successful at alleviating poverty in the Soviet Union and China.  [[Science]] (mostly publicly funded), public [[Education]] and [[Democracy]] can also take credit as well.  Attributing it all to capitalism is [[Greedy Reductionism|greedy reductionism]].
 
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