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by CraigJPerry
2039 days ago
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>> "American capitalism" is also responsible for the greatest reduction of poverty globally in all of human history. Is that true? I’ve heard this recently from republican leaning sources but it doesn’t appear to be true. E.g. of the 30 countries with the greatest reduction in poverty rates in the last 20 years its hard to pin point the American influence? Stretching back further, global poverty reduction begins in earnest in the 19th century yet American capitalism only begins in around the start of the 20th century. >> it seems like a majority of climate change talk always revolves around how the US can be doing more An American citizen emits 16 tonnes of co2 per year. Who else even comes close? |
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> Is that true? I’ve heard this recently from republican leaning sources but it doesn’t appear to be true.
I can't find sources to determine the exact contribution of the US to this, but free market capitalism in general is definitely responsible [0].
>> it seems like a majority of climate change talk always revolves around how the US can be doing more
> An American citizen emits 16 tonnes of co2 per year. Who else even comes close?
Canada is higher, Australia is close behind. I mentioned this before, but US co2 emissions have been in decline, while many other countries are increasing. It will not take India long before it eclipses the US.
America represents 15% of total co2 emissions [1]. If we wanted to reduce globally everyone needs to participate.
[0] https://catalyst.independent.org/2019/06/14/capitalism-remai...
[1] https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emiss...