by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
US Poverty On Track To Reach Highest Level Since The 1960s according to BusinessInsider and the AP. The Associated Press surveyed more than a dozen economists, think tanks and academics, both nonpartisan and those with known liberal or conservative leanings, and found... by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
A far-reaching new (British) study suggests a staggering $21 trillion in assets has been lost to global tax havens. If taxed, that could have been enough to put parts of Africa back on its feet – and even solve the euro crisis according to a report in the British... by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The state with the country’s worst health care record just happens to have a governor who has been the loudest voice against national efforts to improve it. According to a New York Times editorial entitled “The Rush to Abandon the Poor”,  “A quarter... by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Now here is something to think about! Time Magazine asks…Want to help the poor? Start by taking money out of their hands. More specifically, cash — coins and paper bills are the silent enemy of the poor, with costs often out of proportion with their day-to-day... by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The United Nations, faced with a dearth of donors, pitched a tax on the 1,200 billionaires worldwide billionaires to help raise money for development projects in the world’s poorest nations, according to Bloomberg News Placing a 1 percent levy on “individual wealth... by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
 Nan Roman writes, “Reforms embodied in the ACA address key problems in our health care system that have most hampered local progress toward alleviating chronic homelessness. There is a popular assumption that virtually all chronically homeless people are...
