Nicholas Kristof tells us today that there're millions of American children living in absolute poverty, akin to the peasant destitution that we see in Third World countries. This simply is not true.

People generally just don't get what poverty actually means. This is a charge often enough aimed at me and people like me, well off white guys who pontificate upon economics. But those making that ...

Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more people fell into absolute poverty. The figure jumped to 12 million in 2022-2023, a rise of 600,000. This ...

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In 2016, for the first time in history, the portion of humanity living in extreme poverty was reduced to less than 10%. The world has set a goal of abolishing absolute poverty by 2030. Our panel of ...

Rising average living standards in many developing countries have triggered a reassessment of what it means to be considered poor. In response, some of those countries have increased their poverty ...

According to data from Statistics Estonia, the proportion of people living in relative and absolute poverty in Estonia has decreased compared to 2022. However, perceived deprivation has increased. In ...

A new report says patronage, corruption, impunity, and over-emphasis on short-term security issues rather than targeted long-term development are exacerbating poverty in Afghanistan. The report by the ...

Children hail as they play at a relocation site in Baxoi County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has accomplished ...

China's campaign to eliminate absolute poverty by the end of this year has entered the countdown stage with less than four months remaining to achieve the goal. The focus is now on consolidating the ...

It’s hardly to Teen Vogue’s credit that its dreadful story “What ‘Capitalism’ Is and How It Affects People” isn’t nearly as wrongheaded and offensive as the viral tweet promoting it: “Can’t ...

The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more ...