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The Divide

by Jason Hickel
Jonathan Cowley
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Sixty percent of humanity?some 4.3 billion people?live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right, combined with aid from rich countries. But anthropologist Jason Hickel argues that this approach misses the broader political forces at play. Global poverty?and the growing divide between "developing" and "developed" countries?has to do with how the global economy has been designed over the course of five hundred years through conquest, colonialism, regime change, debt, and trade deals. Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created. To close the divide, Dr. Hickel proposes dramatic action rooted in real justice: we must abolish debt burdens in the developing world; democratize the IMF, World Bank, and WTO; and institute a global minimum wage, among many other vital steps. Only then will we have a chance at a world built on equal footing.
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Publisher: HighBridge Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781684410293
  • File size: 310259 KB
  • Release date: February 13, 2018
  • Duration: 10:46:22

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  • ISBN: 9781684410293
  • File size: 310276 KB
  • Release date: February 13, 2018
  • Duration: 10:53:17
  • Number of parts: 12
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Sixty percent of humanity?some 4.3 billion people?live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right, combined with aid from rich countries. But anthropologist Jason Hickel argues that this approach misses the broader political forces at play. Global poverty?and the growing divide between "developing" and "developed" countries?has to do with how the global economy has been designed over the course of five hundred years through conquest, colonialism, regime change, debt, and trade deals. Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created. To close the divide, Dr. Hickel proposes dramatic action rooted in real justice: we must abolish debt burdens in the developing world; democratize the IMF, World Bank, and WTO; and institute a global minimum wage, among many other vital steps. Only then will we have a chance at a world built on equal footing.
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Business Nonfiction Economics
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    Publisher:
    HighBridge
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781684410293
    File size: 310259 KB
    Release date: February 13, 2018
    Duration: 10:46:22

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781684410293
    File size: 310276 KB
    Release date: February 13, 2018
    Duration: 10:53:17
    Number of parts: 12

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