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How to Clear our Minds

by Noah Smith | Jul 22, 2017 | Opinion

When it comes to economics, we spend most of our time thinking about better ways to organize human activity. This is the main purpose of debates about minimum wage, universal health care, deregulation, taxes and other common economic policies. But it’s worth...

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Local resident Israa holds her sister Boutol as they make their way through rubble of damaged buildings in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. Reuters photo

Damascus Trapped in Poverty amid Rise in Number of War Profiteers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 3, 2017 | Middle East

Damascus- “I swear I am not a beggar,” a woman in her 60s said as tears filled her eyes. Standing next to a shop in the Salihiyah district of Damascus, she continued: “I am looking for a job. Do you need a cook for your restaurant, or a woman to wash dishes?” This...

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UNICIEF says at least 29 million children live in poverty – one in four children in the region. (UNICEF)

UNICEF: 29 Million Children Live in Poverty in the Middle East

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2017 | Middle East

Washington – A UNICEF study covering 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) said on Monday that at least 29 million children live in poverty – one in four children in the region. The analysis said that children were deprived of the minimum...

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A Better Way to Help the World

by BOB CORKER and CHRIS COONS | May 13, 2017 | Opinion

The suffering today in northern Uganda and South Sudan should move even the most hardhearted among us. As members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, we often are confronted with the question of how the United States should respond to such crises. We also have...

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People line up as they wait to enter a soup kitchen run by the Orthodox church in Athens, Greece, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Greeks Sink Deeper in Poverty

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 22, 2017 | Features

Athens- Greek pensioner Dimitra says she never imagined a life reduced to food handouts: some rice, two bags of pasta, a packet of chickpeas, some dates and a tin of milk for the month. At 73, Dimitra – who herself once helped the hard-up as a Red Cross food...