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• ‟ Those of us who were lucky enough to be born in the right countries have a moral obligation to reduce poverty and ill health in the world.

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• ‟ In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed.

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• ‟ It's a murky world out there, and it's hard to figure things out sometimes.

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• ‟ The World Bank adjusts its poverty estimates for differences in prices across countries, but it ignores differences in needs.

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• ‟ Trade, migration, and modern communications have given us networks of friends and associates in other countries. We owe them much, but the social contract with our fellow citizens at home brings unique rights and responsibilities that must sometimes take precedence, especially when they are as destitute as the world's poorest people.

  - Angus Deaton