It is a provocative, urgent and ultimately uplifting account of how the world works, and how it can change for the better. Drawing on pioneering research and years of first-hand experience, The Divide tracks the evolution of global inequality - from the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to the present day - offering revelatory answers to some of humanity's greatest problems. Poor countries are poor because they are integrated into the global economic system on unequal terms, and aid only helps to hide this. But just because it is a comforting tale doesn't make it true. For decades we have been told a story: that development is working, that poverty is a natural phenomenon and will be eradicated through aid by 2030. Though global real GDP has nearly tripled since 1980, 1.1 billion more people are now living in poverty.Today, 60 per cent of the world's population lives on less than $5 a day.The Divide by Jason Hickel - 9781785151125 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. The richest eight people control more wealth than the poorest half of the world combined. The Divide by Jason Hickel, 9781785151125, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. The Divide is an exceptional, necessary and essential book about the processes that produce and perpetuate impoverishment.In The Divide, Jason Hickel brilliantly lays it out, layer upon layer, until you are left reeling with the outrage of it all.' - Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics
_ 'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history.
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