Wealth & Poverty Review | Page 2

Depressed woman sitting on a chair in dark room at home. Lonly , sad, emotion concept.

^{Caitlin Bassett
October 11, 2021
Homelessness}

How Treatment Can Change Everything for the Mentally Ill Homeless

_{Caitlin Bassett
October 11, 2021
Homelessness}

Take the story of Bethany Yeiser. Yeiser's mental state began to deteriorate in college. In her senior year, she dropped out and spent the next four years homeless, suffering many delusions as a result of undiagnosed schizophrenia. She received medical treatment and has been in recovery for fourteen years. Read More ›

Three smartphones close-up on a white background.

^{Gale Pooley
October 6, 2021
Growth}

Apple Created $103 Trillion in Consumer Value

_{Gale Pooley
October 6, 2021
Growth}

ale University economist and co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics, William Nordhaus, estimated that producers capture around 2.2 percent of the benefits of technological advances. That would leave 97.8 percent of those benefits to the consumers of those products. Read More ›

man businessman in suit taking notes, bills of dollars in his pocket as a bribe. the concept of corruption and bribery

^{Caitlin Bassett
October 5, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

Homelessness: A Profitable Business

_{Caitlin Bassett
October 5, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

One of New York City's largest homeless shelter providers has turned sheltering the homeless into a lucrative business for himself, reaping more than $1 million a year in profits. Worse: It's all funded by taxpayers. Read More ›

Two police officers arrest and handcuff homeless woman in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California.

^{Caitlin Bassett
October 4, 2021
Homelessness}

How Leftist Prosecutors Contributed To 2020’s Massive Crime Spike

_{Caitlin Bassett
October 4, 2021
Homelessness}

The number of homicides in the United States increased around 30 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported last week, along with a 5.6 percent increase in violent crime in the same period. Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
October 1, 2021
Free Enterprise}

Prescription Drugs Should Be Almost Free, And Actually, They Already Are

_{Nathan Lewis
October 1, 2021
Free Enterprise}

For a long time, people have been debating drug prices in the United States. This is stupid. Today, about 90% of all prescriptions are for generic drugs. Probably, the percentage should be higher than this (it is 97% in China). Generic prescription drugs should be like Tylenol — almost free. Actually, they already are almost free. Read More ›

Homeless in San Francisco sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic

^{Caitlin Bassett
September 28, 2021
Homelessness}

Homelessness: The Mental Illness Thread

_{Caitlin Bassett
September 28, 2021
Homelessness}

In the middle of the National Mall at 5:45 this morning, a man shouted at no one in particular. Dressed in pajama pants, a T-shirt, and supported by a cane, he waved around a flashlight and occasionally struck his cane on the ground, all the while belting out a disruptive sing-song melody. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
September 27, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

The Problem With “Housing First” According to Baum and Burnes

_{Caitlin Bassett
September 27, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

In 1993, A Nation in Denial: The Truth About Homelessness by Alice S. Baum and Donald W. Burnes was published. Though the statistics are now nearly 30 years out of date, the insights into homelessness remain relevant. Read More ›

A homeless man in making a fire from rubbish to keep warm image in landscape format with copy space

^{Caitlin Bassett
September 21, 2021
Homelessness}

Explosion in Ballard: The Fire Hazard of Homeless Encampments

_{Caitlin Bassett
September 21, 2021
Homelessness}

Earlier this summer, two people were found deceased in Seattle after firefighters extinguished 50-foot flames consuming a structure of pallets and tarps within a homeless camp. KOMO News reports that "there have been more than 890 encampment fires reported in Seattle just this year – a record jump." Read More ›

Sunset view of airplane on airport runway under dramatic sky in Hobart,Tasmania, Australia. Aviation technology and world travel concept.

^{Gale Pooley
September 21, 2021
Inflation}

Air Travel Safety Soars

_{Gale Pooley
September 21, 2021
Inflation}

How do we get cheaper and safer flights at the same time? Because we learn more from every flight. More passengers means more knowledge and more knowledge means more safety. Wealth is knowledge and we’re discovering and creating knowledge at faster and faster rates. Read More ›

A homeless encampment sits on a street in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.

^{Caitlin Bassett
September 20, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

New Documentary Sheds Light on LA Homelessness Crisis

_{Caitlin Bassett
September 20, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

Reason Magazine released a compelling half-hour documentary this summer on the dire homelessness situation in Los Angeles, highlighting government incompetence and fiscal waste. Read More ›