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For most of the people in the world (including you and me), how we're doing economically has less to do with how hard we work and more to do with the opportunities given to us because of our place of birth. I deserve no credit whatsoever for being born and raised in a developed country. What if I hadn't been born in the United States, one of the richest countries in the world? What if I was one of the 2.6 billion people trying to eek out an existence on the equivalent of less than $2 per day? What if unlimited hard work and perseverance earned me a daily income insufficient to buy my family and me enough food to eat?
Isn't there something flawed in a world where some people don't have enough money to feed their families while others burn through cash as though it's no big deal?
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UK stops 'vulture funds' picking on poor
4/8/2010 [BBC]
In one of its last acts before the election, Britain's parliament has voted to ban so-called "vulture funds" which profiteer from third world debts.
GLOBAL: Education under increasing attack
2/14/2010 [UWN]
Around the world, schools and universities have faced brutal military and political attacks in an increasing number of countries over the past three years, according to a new report published by Unesco.
The polarised lives of Zimbabwe's rich and poor
2/10/2010 [BBC]
One year on from the power-sharing deal between Zanu PF and the MDC, Newsnight's Sue Lloyd-Roberts travels to Zimbabwe to see how the country is faring and witnesses a yawning gap between rich and poor.
