- Globalization, Equality, Economic history, Poverty
"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 climate, geography, and culture.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Jason Hickel
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 347
- Publisher
- William Heinemann, Windmill Books, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9781473539273
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