Lomborg: 138,000 people were lifted out of poverty daily for 25 years
Bjorn Lomborg · Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Ideas to Help the World · Joe Lonsdale · Feb 29, 2024 · at 43:51
Bjorn Lomborg explains global development data and media reporting bias on Joe Lonsdale's American Optimist podcast.
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“Over the last 25 years, every day, every newspaper in the world could have carried the following story. In the last 24 hours, we lifted a 138,000 people out of poverty. Every day for 25 years.”
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