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haves and have nots which make secu rity, o nce an a bstract noun, a hugeindus try toda y. C reed a nd its s hadow,poverty, t hreate n the qua lity of life ofthis a nd future gen e rations whose inheritancewill be a de ple te d e n viron ­ment, m esses of dangerous waste,deple ted forms of li fe, so that s urvivalw i II need to be sought before the re canbe quality of life.Austra li a n poverty is the problemrecently documented by Bob Gregory'sdi scussio n pa pe r o n the widening gapin Aus tra li a be tween the rich and thepoor: The M acro Economy and 1 heGrowt h of G lw t lOs and Urban Povert yin Aus tralia (A ddress to the NationalPress C lub, April 26 1995).It is worth wondering why the twothoughtful world summits, the Gen ­e ra l Congrega tion of the Jes u its andt h e United Nations, cam e to diffe rentconclus io n s or didn ' t join forces.Could it be that the social environment of t h e jesuits le d the m to a particulardiagnosis/ T h e more we studypeople