World poverty dipped. It’s true that inequality rose inside countries but it actually decreased on a global scale.
Environmental issues are a byproduct of human development, not of any specific economic system.
It is not clear to me how these issues would have been any better under socialist/communist regimes. If anything, the Soviet record on environment and workers health is abysmal.
Environmental issues are a byproduct of human development, not of any specific economic system. It is not clear to me how these issues would have been any better under socialist/communist regimes. If anything, the Soviet record on environment and workers health is abysmal.