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A provocative analysis, this book looks at the economic forces as well as the political and social factors in the world's gross imbalance of wealth. The economist Robin Marris argues that in the 21st century we can and must end poverty. Taking into account questions of population growth and the threat to the environment, he presents a plan of action for the future. The wealthiest fifth of the developed world's population is fifty times richer than the Third World's poorest fifth, but this can be changed with rapid industrial growth in the Third World and development aid, and with proper management of the economy in the developed world.

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This Thames and Hudson's series of books aims to offer a clear vision of the future social and economic world, highlighting the essential areas that we must influence if the world is going to become a better place. In this offering, wealth, or its absence, comes under the spotlight. Economist Marris's lively essay argues that intelligent management of the major economies, combined with the correct placement of development aid, could put an end to poverty by the middle of the next century. Also in series Fair Shares: Ethics and the Global Economy, which shows how the primal human value of justice has been perverted by an ever-increasing profit-driven system and Scanning the Future, a well thought-out introduction, comprising extracts from the work of 20 of the most eminent modern thinkers. (Kirkus UK)

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