from Hacker News

A history of poverty is a history of capitalism

by monocultured on 9/22/22, 11:14 AM with 1 comments

  • by monocultured on 9/22/22, 11:14 AM

    From tfa: Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.