Oct 13, 2015

Swedish Band 'The Knife' Nail Central Flaw of The UN's Sustainable Development Goals

Brilliant satirical comic imagines what policy would look like if the UN focused on eliminating extreme wealth.

By Liv Strömquist / theknife.net

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