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World Poverty and Human Rights

By Thomas W. Pogge

Book information

Publisher
Polity
Year
2002
ISBN
0745629946, 9780745629940
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14729471 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
296\147
Orientation
landscape
Paginated
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-04-17 19:53:54

Description

The poorest 46 percent of humankind have 1.2 percent of global income.Their purchasing power per person per day is less than that of $2.15 inthe US in 1993; 826 million of them do not have enough to eat. One-thirdof all human deaths are from poverty-related causes: 18 millionannually, including 12 million children under five.At the other end, the 15 percent of humankind in the 'high-incomeeconomies' have 80 percent of global income. Shifting 1 or 2 percent ofour share toward poverty eradication seems morally compelling. Yet theprosperous 1990s have in fact brought a large shift toward greaterglobal inequality, as most of the affluent believe that they have nosuch responsibility.Thomas Pogge's book seeks to explain how this belief is sustained. Heanalyses how our moral and economic theorizing and our global economicorder have adapted to make us appear disconnected from massive povertyabroad. Dispelling the illusion, he also offers a modest, widelysharable standard of global economic justice and makes detailed,realistic proposals toward fulfilling it.

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