In his song Changes, Tupac Shakur said, “Instead of a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.” That powerful line has always stuck with me. I believe we, the people of in society, can end poverty whenever we decide to end it. However, we generally rely on […]
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Localized Poverty Tour
I often stress the importance of using grassroots organizations to alleviate poverty on a local level. Local organizations understand the local community and can meet the local community’s specific needs. Unfortunately, most communities have become too passive about poverty. Almost all people realize they would rather live in a world without poverty, but they do […]
Fight Poverty with Student Loans for Young Kids
On this blog, I often stress the importance of using education in efforts to alleviate poverty. Education puts people on a healthy path, giving them self-esteem and self-respect. Quality education gives people the skills and credentials to support themselves and their families. Today, I want to point out that we need to make sure children […]
Food and Energy Costs Worsen Poverty Problem
UN officials named the biggest challenges to meeting poverty reduction goals as the rising prices of food and energy as well as global warming. The demand for oil will continue to increase as countries all over the world continue to industrialize and develop. Of course, we continue to use up more and more of our […]
UN Meeting on Poverty Scheduled for September
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has announced that he plans to co-host a UN meeting on poverty with the president of the (UN) General Assembly. The meeting will take place on September 25th, during the general debate of the UN General Assembly which runs from September 23 to October 3. September seems like far off, but […]
Imagine No Lending
In a recent post at the Philosophy Forums, I speculated that a society could avoid problems such as the recent credit crisis by not coercively enforcing contracts. In other words, lending would not exist in a formal way in that borrowers would not be forced to pay back what they borrow. I believe it would […]