Two hundred years ago, 90% of human beings lived in conditions we now classify as extreme poverty.
When curious minds grapple with the question, how has prosperity replaced Poverty in so many places? They discover the miracles of free enterprise-eloquently described in Antonella Marty \'s important new book-including how the profit motive fosters cooperation and innovation, all to satisfy human wants and needs..
This fact should be celebrated and studied more than it is.
Since the emergence of capitalism, this figure has plummeted from 90% to 9%.
Two hundred years ago, 90% of human beings lived in conditions we now classify as extreme poverty