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Academia 1 week ago

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Whom does the state serve in Indonesia?

The suicide of the 10-year-old child is a structural indictment: Indonesia suffers from catastrophic misallocation of wealth.

Editorial 1 week ago

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Not just numbers

When human lives are reduced to statistical "error rates," our social contract fails the very people it was built to protect, from a child lacking a notebook to a patient denied life-saving care by a spreadsheet.

Academia 1 week ago

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Monetizing poverty: How algorithms harvest human desperation

Financial inclusion was supposed to be a lifeline; instead, it has become a dragnet. From predatory lending apps to algorithms that harvest "poverty as spectacle," the digital economy is transforming human desperation into a high-growth market.

Economy 1 week ago

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Poverty at record low as govt seeks to redefine threshold

The poverty rate rests at a historic low of 8.25 percent of the total population, continuing its declining trend from September 2022.

Academia 2 weeks ago

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When education becomes conditional, the impact is suicidal

Social protection and education policies must be integrated to ensure that the most vulnerable do not fall through the cracks and end up being denied their fundamental, constitutionally guaranteed right through systemic exclusion.

Academia 3 weeks ago

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The net zero revolt has begun

Even if all rich countries were to cut to zero emissions by mid-century, the climate models clearly show that the impact would avert less than 0.1 degree Celsius.

Academia 3 weeks ago

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Children’s well-being begins with their parents’ decent work

While free meal programs offer a vital safety net, true child welfare is only sustainable when anchored by the dignity and security of a parent's decent work.

Academia 1 month ago

Why the G20 is failing on climate, debt and inequality

The G20 has done exactly what it was set up to do; the problem is that the capitalist financial system is no longer sufficient to address the challenges of today's world.

Europe 1 month ago

Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God

Leo, the first United States-born pope, is celebrating his first Christmas after being elected in May by the world's cardinals to succeed the late Pope Francis.

Economy 2 months ago

Investor Ray Dalio to help fund 'Trump accounts'

They join tech boss Michael Dell and his wife Susan in contributing to the so-called "Trump accounts," part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" that the Republican president pushed through Congress in July.

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poverty

PREMIUM Whom does the state serve in Indonesia?

PREMIUM Not just numbers

PREMIUM Monetizing poverty: How algorithms harvest human desperation

PREMIUM Poverty at record low as govt seeks to redefine threshold

PREMIUM When education becomes conditional, the impact is suicidal

PREMIUM The net zero revolt has begun

PREMIUM Children’s well-being begins with their parents’ decent work