14K views · 775 reactions | Professor Richard Wolff of the New School joins us to answer this question. You’ve probably heard that “capitalism has reduced global poverty by 90 percent.” It’s a line frequently parroted by capitalism’s most enthusiastic promoters. But there’s a problem with those claims: they’re either misleading or outright false. Wolff breaks it down. Join us, and make our work possible: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute | The Gravel Institute | Facebook