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Professor Michael Posner discusses the future of inequality

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "In the last 35 years we have made huge strides in reducing extreme poverty, progress that is ongoing. In 1980, half the world's population was living below the extreme poverty line; that number has now fallen to 25 percent and continues to decline. A globalized economy has been the main driver, creating millions of new jobs in less developed countries."

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