Historical Synthesis Verdict:
Sustained high poverty alleviation through market freedom and technological advancement.
“The bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarce one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together. Subjection of Nature's forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and agriculture...”
“The 1st Agricultural Revolution produced the state; the 2nd Agricultural Revolution focused on land productivity, farming tools (like iron plows), and biological methods. Combined with mechanized manufacturing, it broke the Malthusian trap.”
“According to World Bank and UN historical timelines, extreme poverty fell from ~85-90% of the global population in 1820 to under 10% in the modern era, accelerated drastically after 1980 by market liberalization in populous nations.”