{"product_id":"9781786090034","title":"The Divide : A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions","description":"\u003cp\u003e________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history. 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e· The richest eight people control more wealth than the poorest half of the world combined.\n\u003cbr\u003e· Today, 60 per cent of the world's population lives on less than $5 a day.\n\u003cbr\u003e· Though global real GDP has nearly tripled since 1980, 1.1 billion more people are now living in poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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 tale doesn't make it true. Poor countries are poor because they are integrated into the global economic system on unequal terms, and aid only helps to hide this. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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. It is a provocative, urgent and ultimately uplifting account of how the world works, and how it can change for the better.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Windmill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48235634721003,"sku":"EB_SS0900_D11-01_SIMS","price":22.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781786090034-1.jpg?v=1784440928","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781786090034","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}