Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a …

Arundhati Roy
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Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated? ✨ Arundhati Roy (2016). The End of Imagination, p.183, Haymarket Books
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