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		ashivkum 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why poor countries stopped catching up Debunked by Jason Hickel: https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2019/2/3/pinker-and-global-...

energy123 15 days ago [–]

Hickel's thoughts on this matter were torn to shreds on HN back in 2019, I'm not going to relitigate it now.

ashivkum 15 days ago | [–]

I've seen Pinker's arguments dismantled too. The blog whose post we're commenting on even has a piece dismantling the totally made up GDP numbers coming out of Africa.

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