Category Archives: Global

Wealth and Poverty In Brazil

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Income inequality in Brazil – a favela nestles against a luxury high rise development. Thanks to @fascinatingpics on Twitter. Favelas of Brazil. The boundary between wealth and poverty. Perspective. twitter.com/Fascinatingpic… — Fascinating Pictures (@Fascinatingpics) February 20, 2013

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Southern Poverty Pimps?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Buried in this Salon article provocatively entitled ‘Southern Poverty Pimps’ is an interesting indirect observation that promoting tax credits as opposed to a higher minimum wage amounts to an effective subsidy of employers who pay their staff badly by employers … Continue reading →

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Know Your Battleground States 9/9: Florida

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Gerry Lynch

Florida, the United States’ incredibly flat protrusion into the sub-tropics, is an enormous and rapidly changing state, perhaps about to overtake New York as the third most populous state in the Union, and by far the biggest of the battleground … Continue reading →