Poverty

Poverty is a lack of the necessary money or financial holdings needed to sustain a socially recognized standard of living from members within a community. As such, it is often difficult to specify what poverty is without contextualizing the discussion.

Poverty may result in homelessness or malnourishment, which has spawned worldwide efforts to reform welfare systems directed at assisting those most in need. The economic poverty of its people is always a primary responsibility for government officials the world over.

Some argue that poverty is an inherent consequence of capitalism, which is certainly a debatable claim. Others, however, suggest that poverty arises as a lack of education or educational opportunities, skills or a mastery of trades and services.

Poverty is a popular topic in the blogosphere because of its ties to the world of politics and economics.  It has also become the cause du jour for celebrities like U2 frontman Bono, who has started his own foundation.

 

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Poverty”

• System perpetuates poverty

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  I was thinking of renaming this article, "Not all Fundamentalists are Created Equal." This article shows that there is still some respect for human dignity and a desire to raise the poor out of poverty amongst some religious leaders. It is a stark contrast to the "Supply Side Jesus" rhetoric that we get from ...
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• Poverty Chic

  
  Georgiana Circle: Women Healing History — Authority: 91
  A hat/tip to my husband, who spotted this article and realized it matched my blogging here… (excerpt from the blog) Forest Street Kitchen Hard Times? The New “Poverty Chic” …In this issue [of Town and Country magazine], the Editor’s Letter focuses on the effect the recent economic downturn has had ...
  6 hours ago

• In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  Capitalisms failure to lift living standards, impose the rule of law and tame flourishing corruption and nepotism have given way to fond memories of the times when the jobless rate was zero, food was cheap and social safety was high. In Russia, several Soviet-themed restaurants have opened in Moscow in recent years: ...
  7 hours ago

• A Strange System: Food: Hard Travelin’ Blues

  
  Science & Soul — Authority: 106
  You walk through the aisles of your local supermarket.  Apples in June.  Watermelons in February.  Oranges in December.  Weird star fruit in….well I don’t actually know if star fruit have a picking season.  So how do we have these fruits and vegetables when it is not time for them to be picked. Most of our ...
  10 hours ago

• Does Poverty Help To Explain Medical Practice Variation?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 603
  Is poverty the major factor underlying geographic variation in health care? It assuredly is. There is abundant evidence that poverty is strongly associated with poor health status, greater per capita health care spending, more hospital readmissions and poorer outcomes. It is the single strongest factor in variation in ...
  10 hours ago

• Just An Observation

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 531
  Jesus never told or asked rich people how they intended to "convert" the poor.Rather, he offered invitations like, "Give all you have to the poor and come and follow me."Maybe our ministry is really to and for the well-to-do - a ministry of giving it all away. What do you think?
  11 hours ago

• Working for A City of Justice and Mercy

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 531
  According to Metro Dallas Alliances Point in Time census, there are about 6000 homeless people on the streets in Dallas on any given night. That is most likely a low estimate. Some of us place that figure considerably higher. While Dallas effort to deal with the issue of citizens living on its streets and beneath ...
  11 hours ago

• odw featured in the seattle times!

  
  eugene cho — Authority: 587
  Thanks for your support. Only together – literally – can we ensure the end of extreme poverty. I know there are so many worthwhile causes.Let’s celebrate, support, and cheer on these efforts and the people behind them. We’re not here to compete w/ others. We want to celebrate the work and efforts of so many ...
  12 hours ago

• The Treasury of Poverty – Mark 12:38-44

  
  Interrupting the Silence — Authority: 117
  The collect and readings for today can be found here . The appointed gospel is Mark 12:38-44. Teaching in the temple, Jesus said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor ...
  12 hours ago

• Nuru

  
  Osocio Weblog — Authority: 501
  It is hard to surpise me with new creative work after blogging four years about social advertising. But Nuru did! In this post three gorgeous video’s all made in house. It is a combination of personal stories and animated storytelling. Nuru, a Kiswahili word meaning “light”, is a new humanitarian organization ...
  13 hours ago

• Banking on the future of mobile financial transactions

  
  Perspective 2.0 — Authority: 106
  Espoo, Finland on 6th November 2009 Bo Harald of Tieto Corporation shared a vision of the future that his company has been working on along with many other stakehholders. They are already in the process of implementating eInvoicing, part of something they call the Real Time Economy of financial transactions ...
  15 hours ago

• Economic Development the WISER Way

  
  Welker's Wikinomics Blog — Authority: 121
  Teaching at an international school affords me the privilege of encountering and learning from truly unique and diverse individuals. Last week, my Economics classes were lucky to have as a guest speaker one very interesting and inspirational young man named Andrew Cunningham. Andrew, originally from Vermont, graduated ...
  16 hours ago

• Small things I gleamed from a trip to New York

  
  Jason Gooljar: The Working Families Party Man -- Kill the Corporation — Authority: 135
  I’m heading back home to the DC Metro area tomorrow but I wanted to blog about three observations I’ve made in traveling back and forth from Manhattan to Hartsdale, NY to visit mom & sis. The first thing was an ad I saw in a subway car about a local police union that wanted to [...]
  17 hours ago

• Last Week to Nominate for Ellen Hines Smith Award

  
  SC Access To Justice Weblog — Authority: 121
  You have until November 15th to nominate a South Carolina Legal Services attorney for the Ellen Hines Smith Award . This year the award event is especially exciting because it will take place during the South Carolina Bar Foundation’s Annual Gala on March 11, 2010. I can’t wait to learn who receives the ...
  18 hours ago

• College Scholarships028

  
  College Education — Authority: 133
  just obstaclethere on for student to step get college. who of as the wishes them Follow college when for scholarship. the search can for the constraints enough [...]
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• Marooned on Sea of Iraqi Oil, but Unable to Tap Its Wealth

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  The area around Basra, Iraq’s second largest city and main port, accounts for as much as 80 percent of the country’s oil production. It has emerged as Iraq’s best hope for stability and prosperity as it prepares to sell off its top undeveloped oil fields to foreign companies at an auction next month. Of the five ...
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• Raheem DeVaughns Bulletproof is modern day version of Marvin Gayes Inner City Blues

  
  Message from Montie — Authority: 424
  There is no R&B artist that I like more than Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. His music was just as relevant when he started out in the late 50s as it is now, and one of my favorite songs of his is " Inner City Blues (Makes Me Want to Holler). " The issues that Marvin Gaye talked about in that song are just as on ...
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• Smuggling Tunnels in Gaza Strip

  
  Sociology Lens — Authority: 128
  Map of Gaza Strip by smteixeirapoit Palestinians have created hundreds of tunnels under the Gaza Strip-Egypt border to circumvent the Israeli blockade. In the border town of Rafah, Palestinians secure employment in these tunnels, smuggling goods such as food, livestock, appliances, and electronics. The work in ...
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• Time For a New Ecumenical Action?

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 531
  In the late 1940s here in Dallas, an ecumenical impulse paved the way for the formation in 1950 of a collection of churches representing a number of different denominations. Originally formed as the Dallas Council of Churches, the group gathered at East Dallas Christian Church to launch its important work. ...
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• Despite revelations, heritage groups keep convicted ‘Aryan’ plotter in – Southern Poverty Law Center

  
  Best Webmasters — Authority: 139
  Despite revelations, heritage groups keep convicted ‘Aryan’ plotter in – Southern Poverty Law Center Adams, who was also Webmaster and adjutant-in-chief of the national SCV is vice chairman of the LOS’ Northeast Florida chapter, appeared at the hate group’s annual national conference in Montgomery, Ala. ...
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