Comment on More Fucked Today Than YesterdayparentComments−tito15dYou're right on the average. Almost every scenario has global GDP per capita higher in 2100 than today.Burke/Hsiang/Miguel [1] find poorest 40% of countries down ~75% and richest 20% up slightly.So "we get richer" and "grandkids are worse off" are both true. Depends whose grandkids![1] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature15725
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You're right on the average. Almost every scenario has global GDP per capita higher in 2100 than today.
Burke/Hsiang/Miguel [1] find poorest 40% of countries down ~75% and richest 20% up slightly.
So "we get richer" and "grandkids are worse off" are both true. Depends whose grandkids!
[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature15725