The priorities of world capitalism

[Chinjanista]

The priorities of world capitalism

Annual amount that is necessary for:
Education for all men kind
6 billion $
Drinkable water for all men kind
9 billion $
Healthy deliveries for all women
12 billion $
Basic health care and nourishment for all men kind
13 billion $
Elimination of the worst poverty
40 billion $



Annual amount spent on:
Parties and pleasure for managers in Japan
35 billion $
Alcoholic beverages in Europe
105 billion $
Drugs
400 billion $
Weapons
780 billion $
Advertisement and marketing
1000 billion $

Source: Human Development Report of 1998 p. 63

[suffianr]

Elimination of the worst poverty
40 billion $


What?? You cannot eliminate poverty. My country's government wanted to eliminate inflation at one point, during the Asian financial crisis of 1997, but found that it couldn't even eliminate dengue, much less the current Western endeavour to eliminate terrorism.