Difference between revisions of "Poverty"
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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=}} | ||
− | Frequently it is claimed that [[ | + | Frequently it is claimed that [[Capitalism]] or [[Free Markets]] were 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. And the nations with the lowest poverty rates are [[Social Democracy|Social Democratic]]. Attributing it all to capitalism is [[Greedy Reductionism|greedy reductionism]]. |
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