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28: Is It Ethical to Build Wealth When Poverty Exists?

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The Importance of Ethical Investing

Matthew Desmond says, even as more of us are shopping according to our values, economic justice does not seem to be among our top priorities. We know if our vegetables are local and organic, but we don't ask what the farm workers made picking them. We're shown the carbon emissions for the flight, but we aren't told if the flight attendants were unionized. And that's actually another line I really liked from this book. Matthew Desmond: There's just so much darkness and capitalism.

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