This week we’re taking our discussion of stratification global. We’ll look at First and Third World countries and the reasons why these terms are no longer used. We’ll introduce the four types of country categories we now use: high...

Pupil outcome: I can explain why poverty remains a global issue and describe the factors that contribute to it. Key learning points: - Poverty is when people don't have enough money or resources to meet their basic needs, like food and...

This video discusses the topic of minimum wages and aims to help the viewer understand their effects on labor markets and the associated advantages and disadvantages. The presenter explains what a minimum wage is and how it is typically...

The video is a lecture presentation on poverty and its economic consequences within an economic system. The video discusses the two main forms of poverty in the UK: absolute poverty and relative poverty. The speaker also explores the...

We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...

We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...

The FT's Federica Cocco and John Burn-Murdoch look at the measures for poverty and inequality and unpick the argument that capitalism is benefiting everyone.

South Africa is an economy that is really important to understand as a kind of potential outcome case study of inequality gone bad. The nation itself, on paper at least is not so terrible, it is actually one of if not the wealthiest...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world's poorest country, with a large majority of its 70 million citizens living in absolute poverty. For a long time, poverty in Africa has been seen as a purely humanitarian issue. But...