For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty … - Clare Short

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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.

Clare Short

For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world.

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