COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.

On the eve of the Thanksgiving season, a global short take.

Inequality has declined in many ways. But when thinking about inequality, it is essential to remember that humanity was once almost universally poor, hungry, and miserable. In a state of widespread deprivation, any progress can create inequality. But equality of misery isn’t desirable, making [vice president Kamala] Harris’s claim about a rise in global inequality highly misleading.

Yes, and many of the gains of the past thirty years have been squandered thanks to the corona tyranny.