Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created. More than four billion people--some 60 percent of humanity--live in debilitating poverty, on less than $5 per day. The standard narrative tells us this crisis is a natural phenomenon, having to do with things like climate and geography and
The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
β Scribed by Hickel, Jason
- Book ID
- 109907472
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780393651362
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β¦ Synopsis
Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created.
More than four billion peopleβsome 60 percent of humanityβlive in debilitating poverty, on less than $5 per day. The standard narrative tells us this crisis is a natural phenomenon, having to do with things like climate and geography and culture. It tells us that all we have to do is give a bit of aid here and there to help poor countries up the development ladder. It insists that if poor countries would only adopt the right institutions and economic policies, they could overcome their disadvantages and join the ranks of the rich world.
Anthropologist Jason Hickel argues that this story ignores the broader political forces at play. Global povertyβand the growing inequality between the rich countries of Europe and North America and the poor ones of Africa, Asia, and South Americaβhas come about because the global economy has been designed over the course of five hundred years of...
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