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‘Common Prosperity’ Fades as China’s Billionaires and Unemployed Poor Proliferate Simultaneously

News Analysis China is running counter to the goal of "common prosperity" proposed by its communist rulers, as it becomes further polarized between rich and poor, with a rise both ...

March 30, 2023BY Kathleen Li and Lynn Xu

Pfizer Set to Oust AstraZeneca as Top Supplier of COVID-19 Shots to Poor Nations

BRUSSELS—Pfizer and BioNtech are set to displace AstraZeneca as the main suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines to the global ...

December 16, 2021BY Reuters

Poor Countries’ Debt Rose 12 Percent to Record $860 Billion in 2020: World Bank

WASHINGTON—The debt burden of the world's low-income countries rose 12 percent to a record $860 billion in 2020 ...

October 11, 2021BY Reuters

Poor Country Debt Could Worsen Due to Commodity Prices, Interest Rates: Malpass

CAIRO—The debt situation for poor countries could worsen due to volatile commodity prices and higher interest rates, World ...

September 30, 2021BY Reuters

Chinese Officials Publish Dubious Figures on Poverty Alleviation

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) media repeatedly reported last month that the goal of alleviating poverty in ...

January 24, 2021BY Zhong Yuan

Oxfam’s Annual Report Calls for Counterproductive Policies

Commentary In January, Oxfam International released its annual report, entitled “Public Good or Private Wealth.” It tells a ...

February 5, 2019BY Mark Hendrickson

‘Robin Hood Army’ Feeds the Poor in India, Pakistan (Video)

The group has fed more than a million people in India and Pakistan.

September 7, 2016BY Epoch Video

GOP Tax Plans Benefit Rich Despite Populist Campaign Talk

The trio's tax plans do contain elements aimed directly at middle- and working-class voters. Rubio proposes to expand ...

September 14, 2015BY The Associated Press

The Only Food Poor Americans Can Afford Is Making Them Unhealthy

Americans receiving food aid have much higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure than the U.S. population as ...

August 20, 2014BY Sonali Kohli

Poor New Yorkers Getting Fancy Food Leftovers

Some of the world's fanciest foods are going to New Yorkers who can't afford even basic meat-and-potato meals.

July 7, 2014BY Verena Dobnik

How Government Forces the Poor Into Black Markets

From the left we often see tension between those who want to help the poor, and those who ...

July 4, 2014BY Peter St Onge

How Inflation Helps Keep the Rich Up and the Poor Down

The production of money in a free society is a matter of free association. Everybody from the miners ...

June 7, 2014BY Jörg Guido Hülsmann

Diseases of Poor Nations See Little Research

A new analysis of nearly 4 million scientific articles finds that research is disproportionately focused on diseases that ...

April 7, 2014BY Robert Mitchum

The Universal Basic Income: Another Tool for Disciplining the Poor

On both sides of the argument over the efficacy of the Universal Basic Income (UBI), there is the ...

March 23, 2014BY Ryan Calhoun

America’s Neglected Poor

The poor have become a “dirty word” in American politics, although they are still part of Dr. Martin ...

September 4, 2013BY César Chelala

Oxfam Urges Flaherty to Combat Land Grabs in Poor Nations

Oxfam is urging Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to push the World Bank to stop making land deals in ...

October 3, 2012BY Epoch Times Staff

Poverty Is Going From Bad to Worse, Says Report

The Great Recession officially ended in 2009, but researchers say the residual effects may linger for years to ...

January 19, 2012BY Conan Milner

Report: Disparity in Bank Branches

More than 825,000 New Yorkers do not have bank or credit union accounts.

March 21, 2011BY Margaret Lau

Jailed Chinese Dissident in Poor Health

The health of a jailed Chinese dissident is poor and he is not being allowed to communicate freely ...

September 27, 2008BY Epoch Times Staff