The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs Summary
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Economist Jeffrey Sachs reveals how extreme poverty can be eliminated by 2025 with just 0.7% of global GDP. Endorsed by George Soros as "eminently practical," this blueprint transformed UN policy and challenges us: what's the true cost of inaction?
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When a Village Becomes a Mirror
A grandmother in Malawi sits beside her orphaned grandchildren, stirring bug-infested millet into a thin porridge. Down the hall in the local hospital, patients who can scrape together one dollar a day receive life-saving AIDS medication. Those who cannot-hundreds of them-die in silence. This isn't a scene from a distant, unchangeable past. This is happening right now, in our world of unprecedented wealth and technological marvels. We've built computers that fit in our pockets and cars that drive themselves, yet a billion people remain trapped in a poverty so extreme they cannot afford the first step toward escape. The question isn't whether we can end this-we absolutely can. The question is whether we will.
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