Here's the most important. The integration of our global economy has made life better for billions of men, women, and children. Over the last 25 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut from nearly 40% of humanity to under 10%. That's unprecedented, and it's not an abstraction. It means children have enough to eat, mothers don't die in childbirth. Meanwhile, cracking the genetic code promises to cure diseases that have plagued us for centuries. (05:19–05:28)
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Asserts that extreme poverty has decreased from nearly 40% to under 10% over the last 25 years.
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