9 Best Articles in 2022
Big Think
What causes poverty? Not a lack of money, but a lack of social relationships.
Big Think
5 min read · · There's a lot missing from debates and policy surrounding poverty but the biggest deficit, according to Dr C. Nicole Mason, is in honesty. Impoverished people aren't poor because they're lazy, they're… · Shared by 1046, including David Pennington, Gabriele
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 · · 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… · Shared by 280, including Damir Kusar, Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie
FiveThirtyEight
Congress Found An Easy Way To Fix Child Poverty. Then It Walked Away.
FiveThirtyEight
6 min read · · Imagine the federal government could lift millions of American children out of poverty with a single program. That program would help parents put nutritious mea… · Shared by 130, including Rob Arthur, Larry Ferlazzo
jasonhickel.org
Extreme poverty isn’t natural, it’s created
jasonhickel.org
4 min read · · New research questions the dominant narrative about long-term poverty trends. · Shared by 206, including David Wallace-Wells, Alejandro Dominguez, Christopher Mims 🤌, sircharlsxavier, grimm
Our World in Data
The history of the end of poverty has just begun
Our World in Data
6 min read · · The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away. · Shared by 141, including Dr Jordan B Peterson, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Max Roser, Simon Kuestenmacher, John Hagel, Steven Pinker
The Guardian
Obsession with ending poverty is where development is going wrong| Efosa Ojomo
The Guardian
~16 min read · · Almost all development projects focus on alleviating poverty rather than creating prosperity. This is a fundamental flaw · Shared by 63, including Sara Usinger, Nir Eyal, Florian Hanke 🍎, Dez S. Papp, Mark Kaigwa, Manas, Aamir Raz, Severin Hacker, Thomas Power
Chicago Booth
How poverty changes your mind-set
Chicago Booth
~13 min read · · Understanding psychology may be key to addressing the problem · Shared by 156, including Martina Grolimund, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Dominik Grolimund, Philipp Laurim, Ward Plunet, Dominic Grzbielok, Vincenzo Tremonte, Florian Hanke 🍎, Tauno, John Hues, passingafternoon, Helmi, Gabriele, Alain, Cassidy
Aeon+Psyche
Why we shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty
Aeon+Psyche
9 min read · · Living in poverty is not caused by a faulty mindset, it’s a response to scarcity and marginalisation · Shared by 103, including Esther Schindler
Our World in Data
Extreme poverty: how far have we come, how far do we still have to go?
Our World in Data
3 min read · · Despite making immense progress against extreme poverty, it is still the reality for every tenth person in the world. · Shared by 95, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, John Hagel, Max Roser, Steven Pinker, Katja Evertz
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The New York Times
Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty
The New York Times
~18 min read · · With little public notice and accelerating speed, child poverty fell by 59 percent from 1993 to 2019, according to a comprehensive new analysis that shows the critical role of increased government… · Shared by 83, including Ibram X. Kendi, Catherine Rampell, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Ted Coiné, Justin Wolfers, Larry Ferlazzo, Austan Goolsbee, David Wessel, Ben Miller, Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH, Carrie Brown, Nir Eyal
Aeon+Psyche
How urban density can make our neighbourhoods better
Aeon+Psyche
~12 min read · · Urban density was once seen as a sign of unhealthiness and poverty. But today it is necessary to make cities sustainable · Shared by 181, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Tactical Tech
The Conversation
Child poverty estimates point to a record low in 2021
The Conversation
~13 min read · · A tax credit expansion played a bit role in child poverty reduction. But the government’s failure to reach all eligible Americans meant many families never got that temporary benefit. · Shared by 30
phenomenalworld.org
Africa’s Century of Growth
phenomenalworld.org
10 min read · · On Morten Jerven’s The Wealth and Poverty of African States. · Shared by 75, including isaac Samuel
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Our World in Data
Extreme poverty: how far have we come, how far do we still have to go?
Our World in Data
3 min read · · Despite making immense progress against extreme poverty, it is still the reality for every tenth person in the world. · Shared by 95, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, John Hagel, Max Roser, Steven Pinker, Katja Evertz
The Guardian
A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America
The Guardian
~20 min read · · 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 · Shared by 90, including Merkstatt, Bjorn Larsen, Nils Hitze, Isabel Drost-Fromm, Marcel Janus, Thomas Power, Jane
Literary Hub
Why We Should Pay Attention to the Slow Decay of America’s Forgotten Cities
Literary Hub
5 min read · · American poverty is stacking up in particular cities, towns, and counties. When local governments are populated mostly by low-income people, there is typically much less money for public services. … · Shared by 393
The Guardian
Bill Gates says poverty is decreasing. He couldn’t be more wrong
The Guardian
6 min read · · An infographic endorsed by the Davos set presents coerced proletarianisation as a triumph, says the academic Jason Hickel · Shared by 79, including Max Roser, Marcel Janus, Philanthropy News Digest, luis antónio santos, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Tauno, Ashoka Mukpo, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Alf Rehn
André Staltz
Software below the poverty line
André Staltz
9 min read · · 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… · Shared by 66, including Joe Lencioni, Jonathan Kogan, Mohamed Azazy, Thomas Wong, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
The New York Times
Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty
The New York Times
~18 min read · · With little public notice and accelerating speed, child poverty fell by 59 percent from 1993 to 2019, according to a comprehensive new analysis that shows the critical role of increased government… · Shared by 83, including Ibram X. Kendi, Catherine Rampell, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Ted Coiné, Justin Wolfers, Larry Ferlazzo, Austan Goolsbee, David Wessel, Ben Miller, Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH, Carrie Brown, Nir Eyal
Vox
The big drop in American poverty during the pandemic, explained
Vox
10 min read · · The lesson from the past year: Poverty is a policy choice. · Shared by 63, including Brooks Rainwater, Philanthropy News Digest, Darrick Hamilton, Kainaz Amaria, CentSai, Scott Santens
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
~12 min read · · 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… · Shared by 61, including Mark Lynas, John Hagel, Keerthi G, Max Roser, Paul Krugman
The Economist
Why is everyone so busy?
The Economist
~16 min read · · Time poverty is a problem partly of perception and partly of distribution · Shared by 234, including Nir Eyal, Florian Hanke 🍎, Philippe Surber, 瑞拿頭, Jeremy Caplan, Mark Kaigwa, Ron McIntyre, Howard Getson, Tom Connor, Daniel Fritzsche, Philippe, Francis Wade, James Hunt, Nadine Afram, Thomas Power, Rodrigo Prior
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