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Jan 2025
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BILLIONAIRE COLONIALISM: Jason Hickel on...

THE INEQUALITY PODCAST
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To coincide with the launch of Oxfam’s Davos 2025 report, Takers, not Makers, Naf and Max interview acclaimed author, academic and activist Jason Hickel.

Find out how our world is still organised primarily to benefit a small group of white men in rich countries and what we can do to stop this.

 

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