Many people swear that claims about poverty are exaggerated. No one really starves or dies of cold, unless they choose to do so. There are soup kitchens in every city. In winter the homeless can always find refuge in some city shelter. I have tried to…
It’s not often that a young man who grew up in a Glasgow slum gets a book published. More, it is unique that the self-same Scotsman then gets an Orwell Prize for his book. The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. The Glaswegian in question is one Darren McGarvey, and…
My father was a very moral man, but he had his own rules. He would never sin against any person, but lacking sophistication, he saw nothing wrong in breaking laws that he did not understand. Victimless crime. Thus he never questioned his right to pass contraband across the customs and excise. He earned our…
How does one interpret numbers?
Here is the same information presented differently:
(a) 76,000,000 people own 82% of the world’s wealth. (b) 1% of the world’s population own 82% of its wealth.
The eyes of the stray lady at the entrance to the train station.