Poverty Index
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Articles:
Income-Inequality Gap Widens: Wealthiest 1% of Americans earned 21.2% of all income in2005
U.S. economy leaving record numbers in severe poverty, By Tony Pugh
U.S. Poverty Data Raise New Questions About Cost of War
Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
While poverty persists, there is no freedom: Millions remain enslaved and in chains at a time of breathtaking advances in technology and wealth. By Nelson Mandela
A Humanitarian Critique of Winning the Oil Endgame
Champaign Glass Economy: Richest 2% hold half the world’s assets, the poorest half hold only 1 per cent of wealth.
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Poverty Index
UNDP: The United Nations Development Program
The Human Development Reports
Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism: The consequences of the global expansion of capitalism
Facts on the Concentration of Wealth
Global Poverty: The Gap Between the World’s Rich and Poor Is Growing, and the Dying Continues
Poverty Map: Resources Page
Global Issues That Affect Everyone: Causes of Poverty
Odious Debts: An information source for the global odious debt movement
Probe International: Exposes the devastating environmental, social, and economic effects of Canada’s aid and trade abroad
The Rural Poverty Portal
Poverty: Wikipedia Entry
Forbes List of the World’s Richest
Social & Economic Injustice: Rich Man, Poor Man; Rich Nations, Poor Nations
The state of the world: Brief introduction to global issues
Inequality of Wealth and Income Distribution: The consequences of income inequality
Economic inequality: Wikipedia entry
UC Atlas of Global Inequality: Most of the world’s people are poor
The UNU/WIDER World Income Inequality Database (WIID): Information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries
Extreme Poverty (Wikipedia Portal)
Extreme Poverty (Images)
Money as Debt [Video]
