5/21/2023 0 Comments The divide jason hickel![]() The richest eight people now control the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world combined. Some 1 billion live on less than $1 a day. Today 4.3 billion people, 60 per cent of the world's population, live on less than $5 per day. Since 1960, the income gap between the North and South has roughly tripled in size. It's a comforting tale, and one that is endorsed by the world's most powerful governments and corporations. We have been told that development is working: that the global South is catching up to the North, that poverty has been cut in half over the past thirty years, and will be eradicated by 2030. ![]() In The Divide, Jason Hickel brilliantly lays it out, layer upon layer, until you are left reeling with the outrage of it all.' - Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economicsįor decades we have been told a story about the divide between rich countries and poor countries. ![]() 'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |