PU 038: Ideas Matter (Laying the Foundation #3)

from Poverty Unlocked · host Wendy McMahan

In this third foundational episode, we look at the roots of poverty. If we provide food, health, and education to people living in poverty, will we solve the problem? Or does poverty run deeper?

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