'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history. 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 Economics*
The richest eight people control
more wealth than the poorest half of the world combined. * Today, 60
per cent of the world's population lives on less than $5 a day.
* Though global real GDP has nearly tripled since 1980, 1.1 billion
more people are now living in poverty. For decades we have been told a
story: that development is working, that poverty is a natural
phenomenon and will be eradicated through aid by 2030. But just because
it is a comforting tale doesn't make it true.
Poor countries are
poor because they are integrated into the global economic system on
unequal terms, and aid only helps to hide this. Drawing on pioneering
research and years of first-hand experience, The Divide tracks the
evolution of global inequality - from the expeditions of Christopher
Columbus to the present day - offering revelatory answers to some of
humanity's greatest problems. It is a provocative, urgent and ultimately
uplifting account of how the world works, and how it can change for the
better.
The Divide : A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions - Jason Hickel
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