Poverty goals? No, it’s extreme wealth we should be targeting

October 20, 2015

1–2 minutes

If we had focused on the real causes of poverty over the past 30 years we probably wouldn’t need the United Nations’ sustainable development goals now

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.theguardian.com

"Asking questions about the rich has been portrayed since the dawn of wealth as envy; asking questions about the poor is considered practical and sympathetic, moral and problem-solving. But no problem can be solved while political institutions won’t recognise that poverty has a cause."

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