{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Instituto de Libertad Econ\u00f3mica para Puerto Rico","provider_url":"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/","author_name":"Luis","author_url":"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/author\/luis\/","title":"How the world\u2019s poor stopped catching up","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JvRk83Q7Fs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/publications\/how-the-worlds-poor-stopped-catching-up\/\">How the world\u2019s poor stopped catching up<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/publications\/how-the-worlds-poor-stopped-catching-up\/embed\/#?secret=JvRk83Q7Fs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How the world\u2019s poor stopped catching up&#8221; &#8212; Instituto de Libertad Econ\u00f3mica para Puerto Rico\" data-secret=\"JvRk83Q7Fs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pobres-del-mundo-UPSCALED.jpg","thumbnail_width":1500,"thumbnail_height":1450,"description":"SINCE THE Industrial Revolution, rich countries have mostly grown faster than poor ones. The two decades after around 1995 were an astonishing exception. During this period gaps in GDP narrowed, extreme poverty plummeted and global public health and education improved vastly, with a big fall in malaria deaths and infant mortality and a rise in school enrolment. Globalisation\u2019s critics will tell you that capitalism\u2019s excesses and the global financial crisis should define this era. They are wrong. It was defined by its miracles."}