Nicholas Kristof tells us today that there're millions of American children living in absolute poverty, akin to the peasant destitution that we see in Third World countries. This simply is not true.

People generally just don't get what poverty actually means. This is a charge often enough aimed at me and people like me, well off white guys who pontificate upon economics. But those making that ...

In 2016, for the first time in history, the portion of humanity living in extreme poverty was reduced to less than 10%. The world has set a goal of abolishing absolute poverty by 2030. Our panel of ...

Data recently published by the Department for Work & Pensions shows that the UK has seen the biggest rise in what’s called ‘absolute poverty’ in 30 years. There are two ways of describing poverty in ...

ROME (Reuters) - The number of people living in poverty in Italy climbed to its highest level for more than a decade in 2017, data showed on Tuesday, prompting a promise of urgent action from the ...

A new report estimates that over five million people live in absolute poverty in Britain. The survey, Breadline Europe: The Measurement of Poverty, researched measurements of poverty across the ...

It’s hardly to Teen Vogue’s credit that its dreadful story “What ‘Capitalism’ Is and How It Affects People” isn’t nearly as wrongheaded and offensive as the viral tweet promoting it: “Can’t ...

KERALA will announce the elimination of extreme poverty tomorrow — the first Indian state to achieve it.The announcement is ...

Two studies conducted by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) have shed light on the deepening crisis of child poverty in the country. Accordingly, 7.03 million children aged 0-17 ...

KUNMING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- With government help, more than 3.18 million people in southwest China's Yunnan Province have found jobs in other regions, a move that will help them shake off poverty, ...

The level of poverty in the Capital has been slammed as an ‘absolute disgrace’ by the city's council leader as she detailed plans to open new neighbourhood centres to fight the crisis. It comes as ...