Combined assets of $14.2tn are more than the GDP of every country except China and the US
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Combined assets of $14.2tn are more than the GDP of every country except China and the US
Archived version: https://archive.ph/o2gaB
The last time was probably the Neolithic Revolution
Before it.
Agriculture actually made people’s lives much worse in many regards. Worse diet, women turned into commodities, shorter life spans due to increased infectious diseases, much less free time due to having to put more effort into getting food (somewhat surprisingly hunter-gatherers have way more free time) etc. It’s been great for rulers and population growth though. If anything, poor people were invented in the Neolithic Revolution
edit: see eg https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7253633/, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615094514.htm