When discussing globalization, advocates of the free economy usually start by stressing the large number of people who have risen out of extreme poverty in the last three decades. This period of ...

It would cost $318 billion per year to eliminate most extreme poverty worldwide, that is, people living on less than $2.15 ...

This would be the cheapest, most efficient way to end extreme poverty, and it would cost about $30 billion per year. But, ...

Elon Musk has often spoken of the potential of artificial intelligence to shape global economies in the days to come. As AI technology continues to advance, many entrepreneurs are investing in ...

There is no shortage of government and foundation programs to reduce poverty. Despite the progress made over the last 50 years, poverty persists. Look at India’s growth in the last two decades fueled ...

While many thoughtful people throughout the world focus on climate change, this increased attention seems to have left many forgetting that there are still very serious problems that are happening ...

The history of capitalism, as portrayed in academia and among much of the media, is a sad story. It’s one of smokestacks, sweatshops, child labor, robber barons, social stratification and general ...

The complex economic and cultural connections among nations that underpin globalization also make possible stark international comparisons. The inequalities that globalization reveals challenge the ...

Built on Inheritance, Not Merit The world is moving from the era of the billionaire to the age of the trillionaire, and the ...

Some gloomsters perversely refuse to acknowledge when a glass is even half empty, especially when doing so cuts against their ideological sensitivities. One ploy is to pour the data into a bigger ...