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The Guardian reports on former Unilever CEO, Paul Polman’s call for CEOs to become more heroic in their efforts to combat climate change and mass impoverishment. He is clearly right: […]

This Summer could be the busiest ever for UK food-banks, according to the Trussell Trust , the largest provider. Between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, the Trussell Trust’s […]

The publication date for 99%, which was originally 29 August with pre-ordering from 8th, has been brought forward to 8 August. So the book should be in the shops in […]

The problem of millennials struggling to become home owners has been widely documented. But the long-term implications of this have not often been explored. A report by the All-Party Parliamentary […]

99% argues that, to avoid mass impoverishment, we need not only to grow the economic pie but also to share it fairly. And it is clear that, with a shrinking […]

A new report in The Guardian suggests that the freeze (real terms cut) in housing benefit is having the effect of making large parts of London and Manchester out of […]

Not for the first time, we can see that concern about mass impoverishment reaches all strata of society, including the wealthiest. In an open letter to the 2020 presidential candidates […]

A study by McKinsey & Co presented at the World Economic Forum in 2017 explains that for much of the past 70 years, nearly all households in advanced economies saw […]

The book 99%: Mass Impoverishment and How We Can End It will be published in late summer by Head of Zeus. It is available for pre-order from 8th August. The […]

Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, produced his final report on the state of the UK. He commented, “The UK is the world’s fifth […]