Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Economic thought and Poverty -- 1 Were Good Times Really that Bad? Mercantilist Views on … Poverty and Employment -- 2 Adam Smith-A Champion for the Poor! -- 3 Malthus and the Poor -- 4 David Ricardo on Poverty -- 5 … Saving the Poor: John Stuart Mill on Poverty and the Poor -- 6 Marx and His Followers on Poverty -- 7 Alfred Marshall …

-- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Poverty is a system -- Pyramid to diamond -- Systems thinking -- On …. Traditional strategies for the alleviation of poverty -- The United Nations -- Global financial organizations -- Bilateral foreign … aid -- Personal and organizational philanthropy -- The role of business in global poverty alleviation -- Conclusion …

Proponents of a basic income (BI) claim that it could bring significant reductions in financial poverty, on top of many … comparative two-country setting, we show that the potential poverty-reducing impact of BI strongly depends on exactly how and …-economic context in which it is introduced. Some versions of BI could potentially help to reduce poverty but always at a significant …

What has happened to average incomes, inequality, poverty, jobs and pay since 2009 and since 2019? How does the UK …