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Comment author: lukeprog 23 January 2014 05:24:11AM 7 points [-]

Bold long-term prediction:

"[I predict] that by 2035, almost no country will be as poor as any of the 35 countries that the World Bank classifies as low-income today, even after adjusting for inflation."

Bill Gates

Comment author: Prismattic 23 January 2014 11:49:11PM 0 points [-]

Would be bolder if "almost no" was replaced by a more concrete figure...

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