Beyond wages: It's time for a true fair share. This section explores the fundamental principles of economic justice, and how to ensure that workers receive the compensation they deserve, moving beyond basic salaries and focusing on an equitable distribution of the profits generated by our collective effort.
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We are primarily concerned by extreme poverty on a global scale. However, poverty is also a grave concern within rich countries like the UK or the USA.
Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival —
Richard Bluhm — Professor of macroeconomics and digital transformation
White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy — Exposing myths about poverty.
William Barber II — American protestant minister and anti-poverty social activist.
World Inequality Database
World Inequality Lab
American Bar Association
Debt
Economic Injustice
How the wealthy pass on economic burden to the poor
According to the Poor People's Campaign 2023 fact sheet[1], 140 million Americans were living in poverty or just one emergency away from economic ruin:
Their 2024 fact sheet also reflects the weight of poverty in American elections:[2]
Poverty is a state or condition in which one lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects.