The Divide, Jason Hickel non fiction Melody Beattie is the author

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The Divide, Jason Hickel non fiction Melody Beattie is the authorThe richest eight people control more wealth than the poorest half of the world combined. Today, 60 per cent of the world's population lives on less than $5 a day. Though global real GDP has nearly tripled since 1980, 1. 1 billion more people are now living in poverty. 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. But just because it is a comforting