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Jayati Ghosh (@jayati1609) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nilsen's crucial point is that most of the world's poor live in countries that have experienced strong economic growth, but their growth strategies (often cheered on by the World Bank) create and reproduce poverty.

๐—”๐—น๐—ณ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป (@alfgunvald) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As usual, no surprises there then ... "A new study reveals how the wealthy engage in โ€˜stealth politicsโ€™: quietly advancing unpopular, inequality-exacerbating, highly conservative policies." theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oโ€ฆ

Critical Reading (@criticalreading) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The United Nations describes America as a nation near the bottom of the developed world in safety net support and economic mobility, with its citizens living "shorter and sicker lives compared to those living in all other rich democracies" commondreams.org/views/2018/11/โ€ฆ #poverty

๐—”๐—น๐—ณ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป (@alfgunvald) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It really is very strange how "development professionals" come to believe that their access to a supposed "real world" is superior to that of scholars who dedicate much of their adult life to deeply embedded fieldwork, archival research, and broad reading. #ICallBullshit