9 Best Articles in 2021
The Guardian
Obsession with ending poverty is where development is going wrong| Efosa Ojomo
The Guardian
~16 min read · 60 saves · 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
~12 min read · 148 saves · From 2018 · Understanding psychology may be key to addressing the problem
The Guardian
A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America
The Guardian
~20 min read · 88 saves · 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 · 56 saves · 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
5 min read · 61 saves · 2019-01-29 · An infographic endorsed by the Davos set presents coerced proletarianisation as a triumph, says the academic Jason Hickel
In Open Source
André Staltz
Software below the poverty line
André Staltz
9 min read · 63 saves · 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…
In Psychology
The New Yorker
The Psychology of Inequality
The New Yorker
~12 min read · 137 saves · From 2018 · Researchers find that much of the damage done by being poor comes from feeling poor.
The Economist
Why is everyone so busy?
The Economist
~16 min read · 162 saves · From 2017 · Time poverty is a problem partly of perception and partly of distribution
Our World in Data
Global Extreme Poverty
Our World in Data
10 saves · 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
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The Washington Post
Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer
The Washington Post
48 saves · 2020-12-16 · America’s poverty rate has risen at the fastest pace ever this year after aid for the unemployed declined.
In Technology
MIT Technology Review
The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty
MIT Technology Review
9 min read · 444 saves · 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.
In Economy
Our World in Data
Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors lived in…
Our World in Data
~11 min read · 60 saves · 2020-11-26 · For much of human history there was no escape from poverty. Our ancestors were trapped in an economy in which incomes were determined by the size of the population. Productivity gains did not raise…
The Guardian
Almost 700,000 driven into poverty by Covid crisis in UK, study finds
The Guardian
2 min read · 12 saves · 2020-11-30 · Total includes 120,000 children, according to thinktank that is calling for anti-poverty strategy
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The Washington Post
Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer
The Washington Post
48 saves · 2020-12-16 · America’s poverty rate has risen at the fastest pace ever this year after aid for the unemployed declined.
The Economist
As inequality grows, so does the political influence of the rich
The Economist
5 min read · 81 saves · From 2018 · Concentrated wealth leads to concentrated power
Our World in Data
World population living in extreme poverty, 1820-2015
Our World in Data
12 saves · 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).
In Technology
MIT Technology Review
The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty
MIT Technology Review
9 min read · 444 saves · 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.
Longreads
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
Longreads
~15 min read · 52 saves · From 2018 · It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
Our World in Data
A history of global living conditions in 5 charts
Our World in Data
~16 min read · 220 saves · From 2016 · A recent survey asked “All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or worse, or neither getting better nor worse?”. In Sweden 10% thought things are getting better, in the US they were only 6%, and in Germany only 4%. Very few people think that the world is getting better.
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TIME
Billionaires Made So Much Money Last Year They Could End Extreme Poverty Seven Times
TIME
1 min read · 21 saves · From 2018 · A new report sheds light on the widening wealth gap.
TED Talks
New insights on poverty
TED Talks
10 saves · From 2017 · Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.
The New York Times
Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.
The New York Times
20+ min read · 133 saves · From 2018 · Matthew Desmond · U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is, Do those jobs pay enough to live on?
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