The world is wealthier than ever, yet the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger. Jeremy Seabrook summarises his celebrated work on the meaning of povertym, drawing on the experience of poor... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1859845665
ISBN13:9781859845660
Release Date:April 2004
Publisher:Verso
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.4" x 7.0"
Customer Reviews
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Sobering
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I don't know how objective the writing is, but the general picture of world poverty produced by this book makes it painfully important. Generation after generation the world's poor receive a lot of lip service but little if any substantive assistance. If anything, they are subjected to extremely repressive economic measures inflicted as a result of globalization, trade deals like NAFTA... Read this and Gore Vidal's "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace". Makes you proud of America (not).
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