Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. (Peter Singer)

Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness.

Peter Singer

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