People generally just don't get what poverty actually means. This is a charge often enough aimed at me and people like me, well off white guys who pontificate upon economics. But those making that ...

Bernie Sanders has been campaigning in Baltimore, Maryland and some of his remarks indicate that he doesn't really understand what poverty is. He's getting very mixed up between relative poverty and ...

Rising average living standards in many developing countries have triggered a reassessment of what it means to be considered poor. In response, some of those countries have increased their poverty ...

Michael Jennings does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Data recently published by the Department for Work & Pensions shows that the UK has seen the biggest rise in what’s called ‘absolute poverty’ in 30 years. There are two ways of describing poverty in ...