China's poverty rate fell from 85% to 15.9%, or by over 600 million people (between 1981 and 2005) http://www.globalissues.org/article/4/poverty-around-the-world During the same period the numbers in poverty in the US increased by 15 million. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States (BTW, the scenarios aren't as good as they could be... not much new... but putting them/the assumptions together all in one place is interesting and useful). M
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Stennett Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:34 AM To: EDUCATION RE-DESIGNING WORK INCOME DISTRIBUTION Subject: [Futurework] 4 Scenarios for the Coming Collapse of the AmericanEmpire | World | AlterNet Some might be interested in this.... I don't know how much credence to put into it, but it makes for an interesting read. http://www.alternet.org/world/149080/4_scenarios_for_the_coming_collapse_of_ the_american_empire/
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