Poverty on the Joe Rogan Experience
3 fact-checked claims across 1 episode · Jan 2022 · updated Jul 10, 2026
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- Jordan Peterson (3)
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“how many people starve to death now in the world yeah almost none and let's look that almost all almost all those who do do it because of political conflict”
Peterson claims almost nobody starves to death in the world today, and that virtually all who do starve are victims of political conflict rather than poverty or crop failure.
“we've lifted more people out of poverty in the last 15 years than in the entire course of human history.”
Peterson claims that in the 15 years preceding 2022, more people were lifted out of poverty than in all of prior human history combined.
“But it isn't obvious to me that exporting those jobs was a bad long-term decision. Because, well, you want a world where 20 million Chinese are starving? That'…”
Peterson claims that without offshoring manufacturing to China, 20 million Chinese people would be starving.