Are the rich getting richer because the poor are getting poorer? Opinion Adherents of the zero-sum belief that the rich are only rich because they have taken something from the poor cannot explain why the number of poor people fell massively while the number of rich people rose massively, says Rainer Zitelmann “The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer” – few statements have [...]
It’s impossible to understand the riots without discussing austerity Opinion The UK has forgotten the lessons of the Marshall Plan. Poverty breeds extremism, says Sam Fowles
