Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that…

Peter Singer
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Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose their jobs, the unemployed in affluent countries still have a safety net, in the form of social security payments, and usually free healthcare and free education for their children. They also have sanitation and safe drinking water. ✨ Tackling poverty in hard times by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2009.
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