We don’t need any more ‘leeches’ on our backs

EXACTLY 100 years ago my grandfather, Callaghan McCarthy, wrote a little book (118 pages) published by Kings of London and Gills of Dublin, entitled The Causes of Poverty.

We don’t need any more ‘leeches’ on our backs

Cal’s thesis was that poverty was not necessarily the lack of income but rather the high cost of goods.

Despite the fact that he was a civil servant, he argued that one of the greatest problems was the number of people who add to the cost of goods without adding to their value.

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