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Articles:

Champaign Glass Economy: Richest 2% hold half the world’s assets, the poorest half hold only 1 per cent of wealth.

U.S. economy leaving record numbers in severe poverty, By Tony Pugh

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

U.S. Poverty Data Raise New Questions About Cost of War

Proud Veteran

Hunger Report

Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US

A Humanitarian Critique of Winning the Oil Endgame

Poverty Index

UNDP: The United Nations Development Program

UNDP Poverty Page

Poverty Report 2000

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)

World Hunger

Money as Debt [Video]

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