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“Earning money from, and supporting, a system that keeps these people in poverty in the first place and then gives them some of the profits in the form of "strings-attached" aid or World Bank and IMF loans is no more ridiculous than Shell or Esso giving Greenpeace or Friends of the Earth £10,000 to help clear up the destruction that they inevitably cause. Would it not be better not to cause the destruction in the first place?”

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Book:The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living
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Mark Boyle
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Mark Boyle, born on May 8, 1979, is an advocate for a moneyless lifestyle. He has abandoned the use of money and chosen a simpler, more sustainable way of life to oppose consumerism and materialism. more

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