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Jan 2018
29m 59s

"Modern Slavery" with Siddharth Kara

CARNEGIE COUNCIL FOR ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
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In his third book on slavery, which took 16 years of research, Siddharth Kara calculates that there are roughly 31 million slaves worldwide, at least half of them in South Asia. We need to apply much more resources and compassion to end "this horrible indignity." 
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