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
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.
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…
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 · From 2019 · 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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The New York Times
Opinion | What the Rich Don’t Want to Admit About the Poor
The New York Times
6 min read · Jun 13th · Why do we leave millions of people in poverty? The answer should make us uncomfortable.
The Washington Post
IRS begins sending monthly checks to millions of American parents in crucial test for Biden
The Washington Post
Jul 15th · Biden administration to launch biggest anti-poverty program since Lyndon Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty.'
Our World in Data
Energy poverty and indoor air pollution: a problem as old as humanity that we can end within…
Our World in Data
6 min read · Jul 5th · About 3 billion people in the world do not have access to modern energy sources for cooking and heating their homes. They are suffering from indoor air pollution as a consequence and millions die…
piratewires.com
Masters in Poverty
piratewires.com
8 min read · Jul 13th · pirate wires #46 // columbia university's prestigious degree in destitution, our national debt crisis, snake oil academics, and ending our culture of college
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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
econofact.org
Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth
econofact.org
6 min read · May 3rd · About 1.1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the last 25 years. Broad-based growth is the most important source of poverty reduction.
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.
Noah Smith 🐇
Against Hickelism
Noah Smith 🐇
~11 min read · Apr 3rd · Poverty is falling, and it isn't because of free-market capitalism
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.
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.
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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