The fact that oppressive and corrupt regimes can borrow money in the name of the whole country means that the country's future generations will be we…

- Thomas Pogge

It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled by obvi…

- Thomas Pogge

We live in a world where economic positions - income and wealth - are very unevenly distributed, and this leads to the widespread persistence of pove…

- Thomas Pogge

Feudalism is an economic system where a few people own all the land and the others have no option but to be serfs on such a feudal estate. We now con…

- Thomas Pogge

In order to prepare for meaningful change, we have to look at both sides of the problem. We need to examine the output of our political system, which…

- Thomas Pogge

The massive corruption common in so many developing countries would be quite impossible if Western countries did not provide convenient opportunities…

- Thomas Pogge

Because present procedures by design favor the affluent, the poor are being increasingly marginalized. And because the poor are so marginalized, they…

- Thomas Pogge

Large multinational corporations, often acting through their industry lobbies, exert a powerful influence on the formulation of domestic rules and on…

- Thomas Pogge

I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the capacity and the incent…

- Thomas Pogge