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We have created a world of 'civilised savages'
Our modern society lacks the moral compass of civilisation. The year 2012 seemed to pass like a flash but in terms of human suffering, it might as...
Could you sell every possession you own?
Sydney artist and aid worker, Aaron Moore, is about to start the auction of his life. On Tuesday evening, the 34-year-old plans to sell everything he...
Should We Give a Homeless Man Shoes?
It started out as the most heartwarming story of the week. A NYPD cop caught in the act of buying socks and shoes for a homeless man he saw barefoot...
'Untouchable' no more
Despite a constitutional ban on India’s caste system in 1950, activists say discrimination based on social hierarchy continues.
The age of inequality: The 1 per cent and the rest
The richest 1 per cent control a huge proportion of the world’s wealth, and inequality is a major political issue. But does it really matter?...
Challenge 7: The market, morals, ethics, and poverty
In part seven of our multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Adrian Walsh argues that a humane market asks something of us that we may not want...
Nothing ethical in starving the poor
There is a growing gap between farmers and consumers. It was a recurring theme in a dozen meetings I had with hundreds of agricultural leaders in...
Keeping the poor in the dark
New World Bank rules restricting support for coal-fired power stations will confine millions to poverty. According to a report in yesterday’s...
We're kidding ourselves on living costs
It's human nature to think we're doing it hard, but most are doing all right. Have you been struggling to cope with the rapidly rising cost of living...
Before you pay to volunteer abroad, think of the harm you might do
A damning report says that well-intentioned westerners do little to alleviate the lot of poverty-stricken children in developing countries. By 10pm,...
Bob Geldof: he’s so overrated
The obsession over whether ‘St Bob’ is the saviour or destroyer of Africa precludes tougher questions about charity appeals. Printer-...
We're all worse off if the rich get richer while the poor get poorer
It has become unfashionable to talk about rising inequality in Australia. The mining boom is delivering untold riches, we are told, so shut up and...
It's more expensive to ignore poverty
Kevin Rudd has a chance to show true leadership to the world. Tomorrow, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is representing Australia at a UN summit in New...
Give the poor money
Conditional-cash transfers are good. They could be even better. CELIA ORBOC, a cake-seller in the Philippines, spent her little stipend on a wooden...
Haiti's poor are part of solution
The Haiti earthquake has caused immeasurable suffering in what was already the western hemisphere's poorest nation. The challenges of rebuilding...
Poverty is not passe, and development is not a dirty word
Colonialism, the independence of nations and the development decades are words rarely heard nowadays. They were commonplace around the middle of the...
Earthquakes don’t have to be this devastating
Underdevelopment and lack of economic growth made the Haitian earthquake far worse than it might have been. The dreadful events in Haiti are the...
Crying poor? Count your rooms and houses, and think again
There are two ways to tell the story of what's happening to housing. One is the usual, poor-little-you story of families obliged by ever-rising house...
What’s stopping us from feeding the world?
Malthus was wrong about the inevitability of famine, but we still need to ask why so many people don't get enough to eat. An international summit to...
Slumdog Millionaire stars told to attend school or forfeit monthly payments
The two child stars of the film Slumdog Millionaire are at risk of losing their monthly stipend and their trust fund if they don't start attending...
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