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The fight to end global poverty

More than $200 billion is donated by individuals in the U.S. a year to charity, but nearly half of the world’s population still lives in poverty. Yale economics professor Dean Karlan, founder of the non-profit organization Innovations for Poverty Action, talks with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan about where charitable donations go and how people can work together better to fight poverty.