Tag: poverty

Chronic Hunger Falling, But One in Nine People Still Affected

Dec 5, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income

World Watch: Chronic Hunger Falling, But One in Nine People Still Affected Although the proportion of people experiencing chronic hunger is decreasing globally, one in nine individuals still does not get enough to eat. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 805 million people were living with undernourishment (chronic hunger) in 2012–14, down 209…
It’s Time To Admit It: The World Is Becoming A Better Place

Oct 29, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Demography, Great Divergence, Human Progress, Poverty, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Business Insider: OK, Haters, It's Time To Admit It: The World Is Becoming A Better Place The article includes this graph: Then this one about poverty: Many other graphs could be shown about a host of important social indicators, but the article closes with the most important one: life expectancy. Improvements in life expectancy require…
Why Are So Many Low-Income People So Overweight? (It’s Not Food Deserts.)

Aug 5, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Economics, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Sociology

Pacific Standard: Why Are So Many Low-Income People So Overweight? … More recently, in Slate, Heather Tirado Gilligan cites peer-reviewed research to conclude: "[M]ore fresh food closer to home likely does nothing for folks at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. Obesity levels don't drop when low-income city neighborhoods have or get grocery stores."… ……
Universal Basic Income: A Thought Experiment

Jul 30, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Poverty, Public Policy, Wealth and Income

Conversable Economist: Universal Basic Income: A Thought Experiment "… What about the politics of a universal basic income? It's no surprise that many who lean liberal like the idea of guaranteeing a basic income. However, the idea has a reasonable number of conservative and libertarian supporters, who like the idea of a program that addresses…
How focusing on profit can help the poor

May 23, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Business, Economic Development, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water)

Christian Science Monitor: How focusing on profit can help the poor Water technology company Xylem makes a profit on its foot-operated irrigation pumps for poor farmers. But those profits allow it to stay around to service its products and develop new ones. When leading water technology company Xylem started manufacturing simple pumps for smallholder farmers,…
The Poor Will NOT ALWAYS Be With Us

May 20, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Economic Development, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

Excellent! The Poor Will Not Always Be With Us – Dr. Scott Todd from Compassion International on Vimeo.
Economics Links

Apr 30, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Gender and Sex, Links – Economics, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Huffington Post: Financially Speaking — Are We an Illiterate Nation? … Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy released its '2013 National Report Card,' which quantifies what states are doing to promote financial literacy in the classroom. Only seven of 50 states surveyed came away from the study with an "A" rating. That's right, a…
Economic Development Links

Apr 8, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, China, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Europe, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Immigration, India, Links – Economic Development, Microenterprise, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. You Decide: Save the People or Save the Planet #StopTheMyth 2. New York Times: The End of the ‘Developing World’ BILL GATES, in his foundation’s annual letter, declared that “the terms ‘developing countries’ and ‘developed countries’ have outlived their usefulness.” He’s right. If we want to understand the modern global economy, we need a…
Air Pollution Replaces Poor Diet As World’s Largest Preventable Health Risk

Mar 26, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in Demography, Environment, Health and Medicine, Poverty

Forbes: Air Pollution Replaces Poor Diet As World's Largest Preventable Health Risk Dirty air killed an alarming 7 million people – or, one of every eight human lives lost – in 2012, according to new estimates released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new data shows that air pollution has become the world’s…
Economics Links

Mar 24, 2014

—

by

mwkruse

in China, Economic Development, Environment, Globalization, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Links – Economics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. AEI – James Pethokoukis: What MinuteClinics and Google Fiber teach about crony capitalism … Andy Kessler explains how established Internet service providers are trying to block Google from deploying Google Fiber, its superfast, gigabit broadband service. His solution: “The FCC can change this overnight. Instead of allowing municipalities to dictate onerous terms and laws…