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Russia’s War In Ukraine Might Have Pushed Millions Into Extreme Poverty, Researchers Warn
Topline Soaring energy prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have pushed millions of people around the world into extreme poverty in 2022, researchers warned on Thursday, urging gover...
A Look Back At Paul Ryan’s Critique On The War On Poverty
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 14: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Getty Images Almost a decade ago, Congressman Paul Ryan celebrated the 50th anniversary of the War on...
Richest 1% amassed almost two-thirds of new wealth created since 2020: Oxfam
Skyline in lower Manhattan. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Over the last two years, the richest 1% of people have accumulated close to two-thirds of all new wealth created around the world...
These states will raise their minimum wages in 2023
Labor activists hold a rally in support of a national $15 minimum wage on May 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images As the calendar turns to 2023, workers in m...
What I Bet You Don’t Know About Poverty, Inequality And The Role Of Government
Government programs have reduced the actual U.S. poverty rate to 2.5 percent. getty Here are five surprising facts: * The U.S. welfare state has almost eliminated poverty in this country. * Over the l...
Supposed Poverty Eradicating Cryptocurrency Criticized as Just Another Complex Nigerian Ponzi Scheme – Featured Bitcoin News
After reports that merchants and holders of “Zugacoin” cryptocurrency are unable to make withdrawals, the founder of the Nigerian crypto, Sam Zuga responded by accusing unnamed “ignorant people” of wo...
How Power Contract Transparency Can Help Fight Poverty And Climate Change
Energy is the most important issues of present world. These high voltage power lines passes through … [+] a artificial lake inside Dhaka City where power is a constant crisis and mass people suf...
How P2E Games Could End Poverty for a Billion People
Unbanked people are within the reach of financial traction via Play-to-Earn (P2E) games. This is according to Clayton Roche and Eric Anderson, Community Managers at UMA. Could Axie Infinity help to br...
Fewer Americans Now Want To Prioritize Racial Issues And Poverty Than In 2021, Study Finds
Topline Fewer Republicans and Democrats think racial issues and poverty should be top policy priorities compared to a year ago, according to a study published Wednesday by Pew Research Center, as conc...
How Suburban Sprawl’s Single-Family Home Zoning Limits Housing Supply
America’s suburbs are sprawling again. Last year, single family housing starts rose to 1.123 million, the highest since 2006, according to the National Association of Home Builders, however, opt...
Rise of early retirement threatens pension poverty timebomb
Rise of early retirement threatens pension poverty timebomb Boris Johnson came out fighting at Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons last week. The besieged premier chose the jobs market as one of...
NFTs and DeFi overturn a banker’s generational curse of poverty in 2 years
Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter from Texas, believes that the cryptocurrency ecosystem offers a fighting chance to overcome the generational curse of poverty. Gentry, a.k.a. MsCrypt...
Opinion: Opinion: Household wealth falls $13.5 trillion, second worst drop on record
American households lost about $6.8 trillion in wealth over the first three quarters of 2022 as the stock market SPX, -0.73% DJIA, -0.90% COMP, -0.70% shed more than 25% of its value, the Federal ...