We focus a lot on the material differences between the so-called "rich" and the so-called "poor." We are inundated with news of the growing income gap and our brothers and sisters in the developing world are all-too-often defined by how many dollars a day they have in their pockets. But the real gaps, the real injustices, are the immaterial ones below the surface.
By Mark Weber
"We begin to say no to poverty and begin to redeem the dignity of the citizens by virtue of creating business opportunity." Eva Muraya overcame…
By Mark Weber
A key message of the PovertyCure initiative is: Don’t smother people’s God-given creativity under a load of well-intended paternalism.…
By Jonathan Witt
PovertyCure DVD Series video clip: Harvard-trained, Argentinian economist Ernesto Schargrodsky shares his findings on the social impact of…
By Mark Weber
When we think of markets, we may conjure up a picture of goods and services production, supply and demand economics, and freedom of exchange.…
By Matthea Brandenburg
Attention young aspiring entrepreneurs: this is your time to shine. The Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit, a program of…
By Matthea Brandenburg
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has marked January as Poverty Awareness Month. In pondering ways to address the complicated…
By Matthea Brandenburg