Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs.…

Peter Singer
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Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. ✨ Peter Singer (2010). The Life You Can Save: How to play your part in ending world poverty, p.6, Pan Macmillan
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Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. ✨ Peter Singer (2010). The Life You Can Save: How to play your part in ending world poverty, p.6, Pan Macmillan

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