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Reason

Princeton's Matthew Desmond Gets Everything Wrong About Poverty's Root Causes

Desmond's analysis never goes deeper than his facile assertion that "poverty persists because some wish and will it to."

Reason

Escaping poverty has become much harder in past two decades, report says

Six million of the poorest people would need more than double their incomes to move out of hardship, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Guardian - UK

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It's about wages, not education

Want to reduce inequality, create opportunity and win back working-class voters? There's an easy solution

Salon

‘No one should have more than €10m’: the author of Limitarianism on why the super-rich need to level down radically

Prof Ingrid Robeyns has spent a decade studying wealth and ethics and says that limits are essential if we want to eradicate poverty and protect social cohesion and the planet

The Guardian - UK

Congress seeks halt to recruitment in U.P. for jobs in Israel

The minority wing of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee opposes the government's plan to send workers to Israel, citing unemployment and poverty.

The Hindu

Anxiety, poverty and undiagnosed special needs fuel spiralling levels of school truancy

More than a fifth of students in England were 'persistently absent' last year

Evening Standard

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The World Could Soon Have Its First Trillionaire. Good!

A new report brings remarkable economic illiteracy to its focus on poverty and inequality.

Reason

India will be among the world’s top three economies in my next term, PM Modi says in Solapur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi guarantees that India will be among the world's top three economies in his next term.

The Hindu

Areas of England with poorest health have higher rates of poverty, report finds

Analysis of ONS statistics shows one in four ‘economically inactive’ people live in areas with high levels of poor health

The Guardian - UK

Almost 5,000 excess deaths last winter caused by cold and damp homes, charities warn

End Fuel Poverty coalition warns that vulnerable people left unable to turn heating on due to cost of energy

Evening Standard

"NITI Aayog is cheerleader of PM Modi..." Congress brushes off poverty data

Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, has taken a swipe at the central government after the report of the NITI Ayog on multidimensional poverty in the country. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Bipartisan lawmakers announce bn tax package to boost families

Learn about the newly announced bipartisan tax package of billion, which includes an expanded child tax credit and temporary business tax breaks. Disco...

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Bolivian Toymaker Restores Limbs, Dignity With 3D-printing

As a kid growing up in poverty in rural Bolivia, Roly Mamani built his own toys.

International Business Times

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International Business Times UK

Widening Wealth Gap: World's First Trillionaire Predicted in a Decade as the Poor Gets Poorer

The world's billionaires have collectively become £2.6 trillion richer since 2020, growing their wealth at a rate three times faster than inflation.

The Hindu

Sharp decline in multidimensional poverty in Telangana, Niti Aayog data shows

In 2015-16 immediately after Andhra Pradesh was divided, Telangana had 13.18% people who were acutely poor. The residual State of A.P. had 11.77% poor people. The projected data shows a role reversal with Telangana expected to have only 3.76% poor while A.P. will have 4.19% poor.

The Hindu

Over 24.8 crore people moved out of poverty in India in nine years: NITI report

As many as 24.82 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty in nine years from 2013-14 to 2022-23, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh registering the largest decline, NITI Aayog said.

Dynamite News

24.82 crore Indians escaped Multidimensional Poverty in last 9 years, Index shows nearly 18 percent decline

In what can be seen as a key indicator of India's progress towards becoming a developed nation, as many as 24.82 crore individuals in India moved out of multidimensional poverty over the past nine years. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The National (Scotland)

Ash Regan calls for Scottish Child Payment to be increased

ALBA Party Holyrood leader Ash Regan MSP has called on the Scottish Government

Dynamite News

Ground Reality: Is every poor really getting a roof?

Whatever the reasons, the government schemes to eradicate poverty and provide dwelling to every poor seems to be far away from the ground reality. Read this exclusive report on Dynamite News:

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Oxfam Predicts Trillionaire Within Decade Amidst Growing Global Inequalities

Oxfam warns that the world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, highlighting growing inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer

Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase

WEKU

So far it's a grand decade for billionaires, says new report. As for the masses ...

As the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, the charity Oxfam has issued its annual report on wealth, poverty and inequality. It makes some bold assertions. But there are skeptics.

The Guardian - AU

Three richest Australians’ combined wealth doubles since 2020 at $1.5m an hour – Oxfam

Report says combined fortunes of Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest and Harry Triguboff doubled between 2020 and 2023, while one in eight Australians live in poverty

The Conversation

60% of Africa's food is based on wheat, rice and maize – the continent's crop treasure trove is being neglected

African countries have become reliant on a few food items. Just 20 plant species now provide 90% of our food, with three – wheat, maize and rice – accounting for 60% of all calories consumed on the continent and globally. This deprives the continent of diverse food sources, at the…

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