Giving Money To The Very Poor Benefits The Environment As Well

The study collected data on payments to more than a quarter of a million households in 7,468 villages in forested areas and compared this with nearby deforestation. They found the payments reduced deforestation by 30%.

The Pope endorsed Universal Basic Income

Pope Francis suggests countries should consider a universal basic wage to help combat the economic disruption caused by COVID-19. 

Poverty leaves a mark on our genes

A new U.S. study challenges prevailing understandings of genes as immutable features of biology that are fixed at conception and founds that poverty leaves a mark on nearly 10 percent of the genes in the genome.

The world's first vending machine for the homeless is 100% free

New charity is installing vending machines with food and items like socks for the homeless in the United Kingdom.

Rising inequality charted across millennia

Researchers have found that the arc of prehistory bends towards economic inequality. Findings have profound implications for contemporary society.

Study: Climate change damages US economy, increases inequality

Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

Earth's population just hit 7.5 billion people

A global population of 7.5 billion people has far-reaching repercussions – including increased greenhouse gas emissions, strained food supplies, and increased total consumption.

New study shows rich, poor have huge mortality gap in U.S.

In unprecedented detail, lifespan gap shown to be large and growing rapidly.