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Discover the profound insights of Thomas Pogge's influential work on global poverty and human rights in the brand-new second edition of this essential book. With an ISBN of 9780745641447, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2007, this comprehensive 304-page volume explores the stark reality of severe poverty that affects over 2.5 billion people worldwide. Their struggles for adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic sanitation, proper shelter, literacy, and health care reveal the urgent need for a global shift in our economic priorities. Pogge argues that it only requires a modest commitment of just 1 percent of the national incomes of high-income countries to abolish severe poverty globally. This book takes a closer look not only at the moral implications of our current global order but also at the disconnect many affluent citizens maintain concerning massive poverty issues abroad. Thoroughly updated in this edition, Pogge provides a fresh perspective by integrating responses to critiques and adding a new chapter on current work in pharmaceutical patent reform, emphasizing the importance of global economic justice. This academically-driven discourse is not only enlightening but a call to action for all concerned about world poverty and human rights. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745641447
Year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 304
Description:
Some 2.5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of
such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic
sanitation, adequate shelter, literacy, and basic health care. One
third of all human deaths are from poverty-related causes: 18
million annually, including over 10 million children under five.
However huge in human terms, the world poverty problem is tiny
economically. Just 1 percent of the national incomes of the
high-income countries would suffice to end severe poverty
worldwide. Yet, these countries, unwilling to bear an opportunity
cost of this magnitude, continue to impose a grievously unjust
global institutional order that foreseeably and avoidably
perpetuates the catastrophe. Most citizens of affluent countries
believe that we are doing nothing wrong.
Thomas Pogge seeks to explain how this belief is sustained. He
analyses how our moral and economic theorizing and our global
economic order have adapted to make us appear disconnected from
massive poverty abroad. Dispelling the illusion, he also offers a
modest, widely sharable standard of global economic justice and
makes detailed, realistic proposals toward fulfilling it.
Thoroughly updated, the second edition of this classic book
incorporates responses to critics and a new chapter introducing
Pogge's current work on pharmaceutical patent reform.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745641447
Year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 304
Description:
Some 2.5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of
such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic
sanitation, adequate shelter, literacy, and basic health care. One
third of all human deaths are from poverty-related causes: 18
million annually, including over 10 million children under five.
However huge in human terms, the world poverty problem is tiny
economically. Just 1 percent of the national incomes of the
high-income countries would suffice to end severe poverty
worldwide. Yet, these countries, unwilling to bear an opportunity
cost of this magnitude, continue to impose a grievously unjust
global institutional order that foreseeably and avoidably
perpetuates the catastrophe. Most citizens of affluent countries
believe that we are doing nothing wrong.
Thomas Pogge seeks to explain how this belief is sustained. He
analyses how our moral and economic theorizing and our global
economic order have adapted to make us appear disconnected from
massive poverty abroad. Dispelling the illusion, he also offers a
modest, widely sharable standard of global economic justice and
makes detailed, realistic proposals toward fulfilling it.
Thoroughly updated, the second edition of this classic book
incorporates responses to critics and a new chapter introducing
Pogge's current work on pharmaceutical patent reform.