Thomas Pogge - The collective shortfall of the 3.08 billion people (47 percent of world po

The collective shortfall of the 3.08 billion people (47 percent of world population) who, in 2005, lived below $2.50 per day was $507 billion per annum, which indeed comes to about two-thirds of the present US military budget. This gives us a rough sense of how much the eradication of poverty would cost.

- Thomas Pogge

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topic: Military, Two, People, Military Budget, World Population, Us Military