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"Having a lifelong interest in human rights issues and having read many articles about poverty I was shocked to learn - when reading this book - that many of my basic concepts about poverty - my understanding of poverty were totally wrong. Jeremy argues that the consumerist culture that pervades the whole planet now - its "unlimited demand for limited resources", the desire to "have-what-I-want" rather than "live-on-what-I-need" attitude - these are the root causes of poverty. Organisations like the IMF and World Bank - these are helping to cause more poverty than alleviate it. The belief that the endless pursuit of money will "raise everyones level" simply is not true. This is an extremely important book for anyone who wishes to understand the real root causes of poverty. A must read." Amazon Customer Review (5 star)
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This guide questions conventional thinking about wealth and poverty - is the opposite of poverty really wealth, or is it safety and sufficiency? Drawing on experience of poor people all over the world, the author gives voice to those whose views are rarely sought and shows how we all need to live more modestly to make poverty history. The author reveals that poverty is everywhere, not just in poor countries. It's just that the West hides its poor better.
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Having a lifelong interest in human rights issues and having read many articles about poverty I was shocked to learn - when reading this book - that many of my basic concepts about poverty - my understanding of poverty were totally wrong.
Jeremy argues that the consumerist culture that pervades the whole planet now - its "unlimited demand for limited resources", the desire to "have-what-I-want" rather than "live-on-what-I-need" attitude - these are the root causes of poverty.
Organisations like the IMF and World Bank - these are helping to cause more poverty than alleviate it.
The belief that the endless pursuit of money will "raise everyones level" simply is not true.
This is an extremely important book for anyone who wishes to understand the real root causes of poverty. A must read.
Jeremy argues that the consumerist culture that pervades the whole planet now - its "unlimited demand for limited resources", the desire to "have-what-I-want" rather than "live-on-what-I-need" attitude - these are the root causes of poverty.
Organisations like the IMF and World Bank - these are helping to cause more poverty than alleviate it.
The belief that the endless pursuit of money will "raise everyones level" simply is not true.
This is an extremely important book for anyone who wishes to understand the real root causes of poverty. A must read.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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2 July 2008
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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).
Read this and Gore Vidal's "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace". Makes you proud of America (not).
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