9 Best Articles in 2021
The Guardian
Obsession with ending poverty is where development is going wrong| Efosa Ojomo
The Guardian
~16 min read · From 2017 · Almost all development projects focus on alleviating poverty rather than creating prosperity. This is a fundamental flaw
Chicago Booth
How poverty changes your mind-set
Chicago Booth
~13 min read · From 2018 · Understanding psychology may be key to addressing the problem
Our World in Data
Global poverty in an unequal world: Who is considered poor in a rich country? And what does…
Our World in Data
5 min read · Mar 5th · What does global poverty look like if we rely on the notions of poverty in countries like Denmark, the US, or Germany? And how should this perspective inform our aspirations for the future of global…
jasonhickel.org
Extreme poverty isn’t natural, it’s created
jasonhickel.org
4 min read · Mar 28th · New research questions the dominant narrative about long-term poverty trends.
The Guardian
A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America
The Guardian
~20 min read · From 2017 · The UN’s Philip Alston is an expert on deprivation – and he wants to know why 41m Americans are living in poverty. The Guardian joined him on a special two-week mission into the dark heart of the world’s richest nation
medium.com
Why Do the Poor Make Such Poor Decisions? — Utopia for Realists — Medium
medium.com
10 min read · From 2016 · Our efforts to combat poverty are often based on a misconception: that the poor must pull themselves up out of the mire. But a…
The Guardian
Bill Gates says poverty is decreasing. He couldn’t be more wrong
The Guardian
6 min read · From 2019 · An infographic endorsed by the Davos set presents coerced proletarianisation as a triumph, says the academic Jason Hickel
André Staltz
Software below the poverty line
André Staltz
9 min read · 2019-06-13 · André Staltz Software below the poverty line Most people believe that open source sustainability is a difficult problem to solve. As an open source developer myself, my own perspective to this problem…
The New Yorker
The Psychology of Inequality
The New Yorker
~12 min read · From 2018 · Researchers find that much of the damage done by being poor comes from feeling poor.
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Our World in Data
Global poverty in an unequal world: Who is considered poor in a rich country? And what does…
Our World in Data
5 min read · Mar 5th · What does global poverty look like if we rely on the notions of poverty in countries like Denmark, the US, or Germany? And how should this perspective inform our aspirations for the future of global…
jasonhickel.org
Extreme poverty isn’t natural, it’s created
jasonhickel.org
4 min read · Mar 28th · New research questions the dominant narrative about long-term poverty trends.
Noah Smith 🐇
Against Hickelism
Noah Smith 🐇
~11 min read · Apr 3rd · Poverty is falling, and it isn't because of free-market capitalism
Our World in Data
How much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty substantially?
Our World in Data
5 min read · Mar 15th · I study the data on today’s global inequality to calculate the minimum aggregate growth that is required to reduce global poverty substantially.
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The Economist
Why is everyone so busy?
The Economist
~16 min read · From 2017 · Time poverty is a problem partly of perception and partly of distribution
Aeon+Psyche
The mathematical case against blaming people for their misfortune
Aeon+Psyche
5 min read · Jan 18th · Complexity science reveals the hard limits of our predictive abilities, and makes a mathematical case for compassion
Our World in Data
Global Extreme Poverty
Our World in Data
From 2015 · This entry is concerned with extreme poverty. The World Bank is the main source for global information on extreme poverty today and it sets the International Poverty Line. The poverty line was revised in 2015—since then, a person is considered to be in extreme poverty if they live on less than 1.90 international dollars (int.-$) per day. This poverty measurement is based on the monetary value of a person's consumption. Income measures, on the other hand, are only used for countries in which reli
NPR's Planet Money
How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive
NPR's Planet Money
2 min read · Feb 2nd · A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people's ability to think.
The Washington Post
Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer
The Washington Post
2020-12-16 · America’s poverty rate has risen at the fastest pace ever this year after aid for the unemployed declined.
Noah Smith 🐇
Against Hickelism
Noah Smith 🐇
~11 min read · Apr 3rd · Poverty is falling, and it isn't because of free-market capitalism
MIT Technology Review
The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty
MIT Technology Review
9 min read · 2020-12-04 · A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor from housing, jobs, and basic services.
The Economist
As inequality grows, so does the political influence of the rich
The Economist
6 min read · From 2018 · Concentrated wealth leads to concentrated power
Our World in Data
World population living in extreme poverty, 1820-2015
Our World in Data
From 2016 · Extreme poverty is defined as living at a consumption (or income) level below 1.90 "international $" per day.
International $ are adjusted for price differences between countries and for price changes over time (inflation).
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