I authored this study & I agree with @Noahpinion that the main thing driving most countries out of poverty is industrialization. In a weak economy, with few factories, and a few good non-farm options, industrial jobs are no more desirable than the other bad opportunities, but…
… a growing industrial sector, tends to compete for labor and overtime. Drive up wages and working conditions. It’s a bumpy imperfect process but outside of oil. I’m not sure any other country has reached middle or high income another way.
@cblatts @Noahpinion Beg to differ https://carnegieendowment.org/...
@cblatts @Noahpinion @dieworkwear thoughts?
@cblatts @Noahpinion Do you think your study would have played out differently if there had been better protections for workers? In the vein of wage and safety reforms that followed the initial controversies surrounding migrant labor in China.
@cblatts @Noahpinion You cannot lower poverty if the average IQ is less than 90
@cblatts @Noahpinion Well, the middle ages went on for a long time..