I make this Argument not based on theory or ideology, but on facts, facts that all too often we forget in the immediacy of current events. 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. (05:09–05:18)
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Asserts that global economic integration has improved life for billions of people.
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