All of the other buildings will look short to you whether they’re ten stories or 50 stories high. Hans compares this instinct to standing on top of a skyscraper and looking down at a city. When those are the only two options, you’re more likely to think anyone who doesn’t have a certain quality of life is “poor.” Why does it matter? It’s hard to pick up on progress if you divide the world into rich countries and poor countries. I’m going to try to use this model moving forward. The framework Hans enunciates is one that took me decades of working in global development to create for myself, and I could have never expressed it in such a clear way. You have at least a high school education and can probably afford to buy a car and take a vacation once in a while. If you spend more than $32 a day, you’re on level 4. Each figure above represents one billion peopleOne billion people live on level 4.
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