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# Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
- URL: https://werd.io/capitalism-and-extreme-poverty-a-global-analysis-of-real-wages/
- Published: 2022-09-22T01:02:03.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-22T01:02:03.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality. \[…\] Where progress has occurred, significant improvements in human welfare began only around the 20th century. These gains coincide with the rise of anti-colonial and socialist political movements.” [#Society](https://werd.io/tag/Society)

\[[Link](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169)\]