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How Much of an Increase Has the Standard of Living Gone Up Since 1850
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The standard of living of humanity has went up fourteen fold from 1850 to 2000. There has been a shift of what it means to be poor because back then, rich people didn’t have what poor people have now. A fourteen fold increase in the standard of living within 150 years is a miracle.
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