Despite the fact that we are nearing the ninth year of a global economic recovery, poverty remains a problem.
In the United States alone, recent numbers from the Census Bureau show the rate to be just under 13% with more than 40 million people considered to be living in poverty.
Globally, more than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty, meaning they subsist on less than $1.25 a day.While there are no easy fixes, there are a few ideas that have been tossed around. Some that have been tried and proven—at least on a small scale—like the concept of Universal Basic Income […]
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