In the last half century, poverty has reduced across the globe at an unprecedented level. Fruit of capitalism and some version of equality across nations, demographics, and marginalised groups has been won.
But another aspect of this unprecedented growth is the ways in which capital flows have disrupted long-standing community ties. In villages, rural towns, and post-industrial cities globally, capital has fled. People in these places find themselves drawn to capital centres, like London or New York or Bengaluru, to find good jobs.
