Will trading fairly reduce world poverty?
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Question: Will trading fairly reduce world poverty? "Before you finish eating your breakfast this morning you've depended on half the world. This is the way our universe is structured... We aren't going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact." MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (source: http://www.pantstopoverty.com/ballot.php) The above quotation from Martin Luther King justifies how half of the world depends on the other. In other words the poor depend on the rich- to give jobs and pay them for their work and the rich depend on the poor - to make raw materials and products. However 'pantstopoverty' thinks that nearly forty years on from the quote to the right, you could justifiably replace "depended on" with "exploited". Is this something we can accept? (Source: http://www.pantstopoverty.com/ballot.php) To answer this question I will carry out various tasks. Amongst them are comparing them to other options which can help reduce poverty e.g. Aid, free...

