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Basic income for all could lift millions out of poverty – and change how we think about inequality

February 6, 2016 by Guest 2 Comments

The idea of a basic income for every person has been popping up regularly in recent years. Economists, think tanks, activists and politicians from different stripes have toyed with the idea of governments giving every citizen or resident a minimum income off which to live. This cash transfer could either...

Featured, Ideas, Power, The story of poverty

The peoples’ voice to challenge inequality

February 5, 2016 by Guest No Comments

At the dawn of the New Millennium there was a big talk about reaching the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and amongst other goals is to eradicate poverty, illiteracy, to provide basic amenities and health care to all and the People were made to believe that all the problems would...

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4 examples that show that poverty isn’t a natural human condition

October 17, 2015 by Thomas Pichon 3 Comments

Although Gates has a noble purpose trying to help eradicate poverty, he seems to be missing the main point: he is not addressing where poverty comes from and how it’s generated. His actions aim at attacking the symptoms only, not what has caused poverty in the first place.

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Global Goals – The party’s over

October 8, 2015 by The Rules 5 Comments

The glitter has settled over New York, celebrities and world leaders have flown home and the party is over. A week after the adoption of the United Nations’ seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, we take a moment to reflect on the Global Goals and the efforts of The Rules community to...

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‘When it clicked’ – I chanced upon a series of eye-opening discussions on social justice with a friend

October 2, 2015 by Guest 3 Comments

About five years ago, I chanced upon a series of eye-opening discussions on social justice with a friend that made me realize that pretty much all I had assumed till then was fundamentally flawed.

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UN Millennium Development Goals replaced by new ‘distraction gimmicks’

September 27, 2015 by Guest 2 Comments

The ubiquitous ‘development goals’ chosen by the United Nations – first Millennium (MDGs) in 2000 and now Sustainable (SDGs) – were and are and will be a distraction from the real work of fighting poverty done by social justice activists.

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The Sustainable Development Goals: A Siren and Lullaby for Our Times

September 26, 2015 by Alnoor 1 Comment

At first glance, the rhetoric of the SDGs seems irresistible. They talk about eliminating poverty “in all its forms, everywhere” by 2030, through "sustainable development" and even addressing extreme inequality. None of which we would argue with of course. But as with all half-truths, one just has to dig beneath...

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Five reasons to think twice about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

September 25, 2015 by Jason No Comments

Here are five good reasons to think twice about the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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‘When it clicked’ – a colleague in WHO told me that I was “making things too complicated”

by The Rules 2 Comments

I have never really wanted to “rock the boat” and although I have always said what I felt was needed to say, I never saw it as a way to be “challenging”