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A History of the Idea of Ending Poverty

A History of the Idea of Ending Poverty

The Modest Proposal leaves the human story a dark and senseless farce…

The Modest Proposal leaves the human story a dark and senseless farce…

Menachem Feuer: How Simple is Simon?

Menachem Feuer: How Simple is Simon?

Michael B. Katz: Poor Science

Michael B. Katz: Poor Science

Michael B. Katz: Back to Poverty

Michael B. Katz: Back to Poverty

Now See Here by Thomas Heise

Now See Here by Thomas Heise

“I wonder how the owner of this wall feels”

“I wonder how the owner of this wall feels”

‘Grand Pursuit’ by Sylvia Nasar

Book excerpt:

‘Grand Pursuit’ by Sylvia Nasar

The political agency of Delhi’s slum women is not an endowment from nature, it is an achievement…

The political agency of Delhi’s slum women is not an endowment from nature, it is an achievement…

‘I Married a Travel Junkie’ by Samuel Jay Keyser

Book excerpt:

‘I Married a Travel Junkie’ by Samuel Jay Keyser

Invisible Hand, Iron Fist

Invisible Hand, Iron Fist

The Gift of the Magi

Classic short story:

The Gift of the Magi

Alex Voorhoeve on Inequality

Podcast:

Alex Voorhoeve on Inequality

‘If you had to choose a decade in history in which to be alive, the first of the 21st century would undoubtedly be it…’

“Poor people are poor because they don’t have money.”

Dust and Stones

‘Although the duration of Colombia’s war defies explanation, one cynical factor cannot be ignored: until it hit the wealthy and the middle class, it didn’t matter’

Historical Inevitability in Afghanistan