"Trade, migration, and modern communications have given us networks of friends and associates in other countries. We owe them much, but the social contract with our fellow citizens at home brings unique rights and responsibilities that must sometimes take precedence, especially when they are as destitute as the world's poorest people."

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About Angus Deaton

Angus Deaton is a British-American economist known for research on consumption, poverty, and welfare. He was born on 1945-10-19 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He received the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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