The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets

by Hickel, Jason, Jason Hickel

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 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

ISBN: 9780393651362

352 pages

Published: 2018-02-13

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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