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Krugman is the voice of reason – again
Paul Krugman once again makes the case for common sense in the ongoing debate on debt and fiscal policy in the US. His arguments apply just as well elsewhere. In his words: “While it’s true that we...
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New York Times Sunday Dialogue on Poverty
Nicholas Kristoff in his opinion piece in the New York Times on January 23, 2013, made a strong point about the impact of child poverty: “Point to a group of toddlers in an upper-middle-class...
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Kill the ZOMBIES!!
What are zombie ideas and why are they so dangerous? Paul Krugman neatly defines a zombie idea as “a proposition that has been thoroughly refuted by analysis and evidence, and should be dead — but...
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Kindness is good for you!!
A study of 106 10th grade students from an urban, inner city Vancouver high school found that after 10 weeks, participants in the volunteer group spent an hour a week working with younger elementary...
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Who wins in the end?
The Republicans have a lot to answer for with the across-the-board budget cuts caused by their irrational belief that taxes should not be raised on the wealthy. It is OK for the poor and middle class...
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The truth is it is pretty bad. Most of the wealth in the country is in the hands of the top 20 per cent of the population. This videographic demonstrates the difference between our perception and...
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Pretty, but it’s not really about poverty
The project The Poverty Line is a pictorial website created by a Chinese husband and wife team that tries to graphically capture the purchasing power of people living on the poverty line by looking at...
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The real threat of overfishing
The oceans are being overfished, coral reefs are being destroyed and climate change is destroying the natural habitat of the fish we rely on for food.. All this at a time when we are being encouraged...
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Oil production and earthquakes
Studies now show a clear link between the pumping of wastewater from oil production into deep wells and the damaging earthquake in central Oklahoma two years ago ! The magnitude 5.7 quake was one in a...
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Common Sense Prevails at the State Level
While lawmakers in Washington are paralyzed into inaction by the NRA and gutless politicians, there is a small group of states — three at current count — that is taking bold steps for stronger gun...
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He surprised me…
To be honest, I did not think much of him when he was first appointed as President of the World Bank. He didn’t appear to have the right background and experience with development issues to effectively...
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It is too easy…really
CNN investigators demonstrate in this video just how easy it is to buy guns without showing ID or any paperwork. This is what will continue to happen unless stricter gun control laws are put in place...
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What comes after 2015? Have your say…
The debate on what should follow the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in 2015 is thoroughly underway. There is a new meeting, report or conference on the subject somewhere in the world...
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The World Has Voted…Not!
The tweet proclaimed: The world has voted – and a good #education is top priority Enthusiastic and passionate but over-hyped. Don’t get me wrong. The survey being conducted at...
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Save the land from desertification
Desertification is a serious, serious, serious problem. Allan Savory tells us how his work is rehabilitating land turning to desert, helping to combat climate change and saving agriculture upon which...
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Follow the money…
Tax Havens of the Wealthy and Powerful More and more companies are stashing their cash offshore, and they’re doing it at alarming rates. Why? Put simply, it’s about eluding the tax man. - $21 trillion...
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Support Senator Kirsten Gillibrand!
“In this tough economy, a family losing this access to food assistance would be devastating. More than half of food stamp recipients are children, eight percent are seniors and...
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Latest OECD figures on rising inequality
Use this interactive chart to see how your country fares against the OECD averages for the Gini coefficient (the lower the better) and relative poverty. However, interpret the results with caution –...
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Eradicate extreme poverty by 2030?
On 30 May 2013, the Secretary-General received a landmark report from the High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, a 27-member group of eminent persons established a year earlier to...
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