Peter Singer (1946) Australian philosopher
Source: The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
“It has always been hard to measure poverty, because poverty is as much a state of mind as a condition of material well-being. Still, we seem to have made a bad situation worse.”
About poverty in the United States, Will the real poverty rate please stand up? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-the-real-poverty-rate-please-stand-up/2019/09/11/7df0bb80-d4ae-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html, September 11, 2019, The Washington Post.
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Source: Invincible
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III, line 182.
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