A new study by U.S.-based academics has found that ending global poverty could be “surprisingly affordable,” requiring about ...

This would be the cheapest, most efficient way to end extreme poverty, and it would cost about $30 billion per year. But, ...

When discussing globalization, advocates of the free economy usually start by stressing the large number of people who have risen out of extreme poverty in the last three decades. This period of ...

There is no shortage of government and foundation programs to reduce poverty. Despite the progress made over the last 50 years, poverty persists. Look at India’s growth in the last two decades fueled ...

While many thoughtful people throughout the world focus on climate change, this increased attention seems to have left many forgetting that there are still very serious problems that are happening ...

Does foreign aid really work, or does it merely trap countries in poverty? Each year, billions are spent, yet 692 million ...

The history of capitalism, as portrayed in academia and among much of the media, is a sad story. It’s one of smokestacks, sweatshops, child labor, robber barons, social stratification and general ...

In 2015, world leaders set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the UN‘s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to change the world for the better. The very first goal on that list: ...

The rock group U2 has sold some 175 million records globally, but I get that they might not be everybody’s cup of Irish tea. Maybe you don’t like their post-punk, anthemic music style. Maybe you think ...

The complex economic and cultural connections among nations that underpin globalization also make possible stark international comparisons. The inequalities that globalization reveals challenge the ...

COVID-19 has presented many new social and economic challenges, and is exacerbating already existing ones. One such challenge is global poverty. Right now over 700 million people live in extreme ...