Capitalismo y pobreza extrema: Un análisis global de los salarios reales, la altura humana y la mortalidad desde el largo siglo XVI. User cadizfornia, in the SpainEconomics subreddit, 23 Aug 2024
Academic paper: Global living standards didn't begin improving until the middle 20th century, and significant parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas are likely still poorer than they were centuries ago. User TF-Fanfic-Resident, in the Decadeology subreddit, 12 Aug 2024
Degrowth study: The rise of capitalism (1600–) caused a dramatic deterioration of human welfare. Improvements in human welfare began several centuries after the rise of capitalism due to the rise of socialist political movements and anti-colonial movements in the West and Global South. User smurfyjenkins, in the International Relations subreddit, 22 Jul 2023
Could JBP be wrong about capitalism and colonialism? This study concludes that where poverty has declined, it was not capitalism but rather progressive social movements and public policies, arising in the mid-20th century, that freed people. User dftitterington, in the Jordan Peterson: Descensus ad inferos subreddit, 14 Jul 2023