You sure that globalism has contributed nothing to the development of poor countries?
The number of people in poverty has decreased drastically over the past half century. Do you have any other candidates other than trade liberalization?
The number of people in poverty has decreased drastically over the past half century. Do you have any other candidates other than trade liberalization?
Having cell phones and making more than $1.90 per day didn't prevent the revolutions in Libya and Syria, and subsequent deaths/displacement of millions. Actual development and reducing inequality is massively important.
What metric do you want? Infant mortality? Life expectancy? Subjective happiness? Unrest? Hunger? Global inequality? All of them are drastically down globally.
Within country inequity? Flat.
https://ourworldindata.org/happiness-and-life-satisfaction/ https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality/