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Business Line investigates: Can money buy happiness?

Can money buy happiness? Princeton University economist Angus Deaton won the Nobel Prize in economics for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and

14/10/2015

Sweden

British-American economist Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize

British-American economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 Nobel Prize for economics. “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has today decided to award

12/10/2015

United Kingdom

Cameron vows to fight for better deal in EU negotiations

United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron has drawn battle lines for negotiations with Brussels ahead of the crucial referendum on Britain’s

07/10/2015

World News

Extreme poverty likely to drop below 10% - World Bank

The World Bank revised its benchmark for measuring extreme poverty and said the number of people under the mark is likely to fall below 10% of the world's population.

05/10/2015

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FYR Macedonia faces migrant pressure on borders

28/07/2015

World News

15 years on: UN takes stock of Millenium Development Goals

‘The poor are always with us’ as the saying goes and the UN ‘s report on the progress of its Millennium Development Goals proves it. About 800

08/07/2015

Hungary

Hungarian charities step in to feed needy children

Charities are sounding the alarm about child poverty in Hungary. More than four out of ten children aged seven and younger last year lived below the

15/06/2015

USA

Baltimore's problems aren't just about racism, nor just about Baltimore

04/05/2015

Uruguay

Pope Francis's iPad fetches 28,500 euros at auction

15/04/2015

Denmark

Denmark: Tackling homelessness the Odense way

Denmark is battling homelessness. Between 2009 and 2013, the northern European country saw a 16 percent rise in the number of people lacking

10/04/2015

World

Frontier challenges: crossing borders to get an education

Whether it’s travelling across physical borders or crossing a cultural divide, some students around the world undertake difficult journeys to get an

27/03/2015

USA

Homelessness in Washington DC reaches record levels

Washington DC is struggling for answers after figures reveal that a record 4,000 people now live in the capital’s homeless shelters. It is an

08/02/2015

World News

The rich get richer

As the World Economic Forum prepares to get underway at Davos in Switzerland, the charity Oxfam has published a report claiming that by 2016 half of

20/01/2015

United Kingdom

Where do YOU rank on the world's wealth scale?

The growing divide On current trends, by next year the richest 1 percent of the world’s population will own more than the other 99 percent combined

19/01/2015

France

France: Marseille backs down over 'Nazi-era' ID cards for homeless

The French city of Marseille has been forced to back down over ID cards designed to help the homeless but which caused a storm of protest from

05/12/2014

My Europe Series

Poverty in Europe

14/11/2014

World News

More than 500 dead from Ebola in west Africa as virus continues to spread

11/07/2014

My Europe Series

Could an unconditional income solve poverty?

16/05/2014

My Europe Series

U-Talk asks the question: Will poverty be a European Election hot issue?

14/03/2014

USA

The torch has passed: Obama takes over “War on Poverty” from LBJ

08/01/2014