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Diane Fieldes

Why is the third world so poor?

Socialism 2018

Under capitalism, food isn’t produced to feed people, it’s produced to make a profit. That's why 815 million people go hungry in a world that produces enough food globally to feed 10 billion people. A majority of those who go hungry reside in the developing world. Diane Fieldes discusses how a system that is able to create so much wealth depends on mass poverty.