Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. A recent AP-NORC poll reveals a pervasive misunderstanding about ...

America is an obscenely rich nation. We have supermarkets with 50 different brands of potato chips and mega-mansions sprouting like buffalo grass across the prairie and TVs the size of barns. With all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – There is often a cause-and-effect link between financial illiteracy and poverty. Individuals who do not ...

The founder of the Big Issue magazine is taking action in Parliament aimed at persuading the government to do more to fight rising levels of poverty. Lord John Bird has tabled an amendment to the ...

As many as one in five Canadian households can be considered to be in energy poverty, according to researchers from McGill University. Energy poverty occurs when households cannot afford or access the ...