US Firm Won't Enforce AIDS Drug Patent in Poor Countries
Will allow for manufacture and sale of cheaper generic versions without fear
Poverty
Soros Decides to Invest in African-American Males
Curious move considering his support for Obama, who backs the drug war
Four Things Government Could Do to Ease Poverty
Anti-poverty spending has soared while poverty rates have held steady. It's time to try something new.
Americans Increasingly See Themselves as Poor or Lower Class
That outstrips the actual poverty rate
Marketing Firm Assumes Rising Poverty in Europe
Adopting strategies used in Asia to cope with falling living standards
Police Kill 30+ Strikers at South Africa Mine
Marikana platinum plant action began a week ago. Lonmin shares tank.
The Cure for Humanity's Natural State of Abject Poverty
A review of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.
A More Better Future
A review of Abundance: Why The Future Will Be Much Better Than You Think by X Prize guru Peter Diamandis and journalist Steven Kotler.
The Tragic Truth About India's Caste System
Untouchables cling to it because they have few other choices.
Weathering Man-Made Climate Change
Poverty, not global warming, is the cause of death and destruction in the face of extreme weather.
India Follows China's Sporting Folly
New Delhi residents need schools and sewers not stadiums and auditoriums.
Interview with Karl Hess
He helped found National Review; now he calls himself an anarchist. He wrote speeches for Goldwater's presidential bid; now he publishes a survival newsletter. Karl Hess talks about the Old Right, the New Right, and what's right.
Doomsday Criers & Technocrats
Optimism gives the technocrats no reason to plan for anything, while pessimism gives them sufficient reason to plan for everything.
