A recent Gallup survey found that just 54% of respondents had a positive opinion of the economic system. ADVERTISEMENTThe Food and Agriculture Organization last month released its annual report on world hunger. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 reports continued progress in attacking malnutrition across the globe. Zitelmann notes that, before the Industrial Revolution and the advent of capitalism, 90% of the world’s population lived in poverty. ADVERTISEMENTStatistics on hunger and poverty reveal that the world has made great progress in recent decades despite dour predictions from progressive doomsayers about widespread famine and destruction.