We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.
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The model of development we are accustomed to has been fruitful for few and flawed for many. A path to prosperity that ravages the environment and leaves a majority of humankind behind in squalor will soon prove to be a dead-end road for everyone.
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