The gap between India’s richer and poorer states is widening

COUNTRIES find it easier to get rich once their neighbours already are. East Asia’s growth pattern has for decades been likened to a skein of geese, from Japan at the vanguard to laggards such as Myanmar at the rear. The same pattern can often be seen within big countries. Over the past decade, for example, […]

The gap between India’s richer and poorer states is widening

COUNTRIES find it easier to get rich once their neighbours already are. East Asia’s growth pattern has for decades been likened to a skein of geese, from Japan at the vanguard to laggards such as Myanmar at the rear. The same pattern can often be seen within big countries. Over the past decade, for example, […]

Trump’s policies would make America’s poor even poorer — and that’s before health care and tax cuts

YouTube Trump’s vaunted “skinny” budget attacks many areas of US social spending, perhaps none more cruel than funding for programs that help the country’s poorest children.  His administration is proposing cuts to scores of programs that benefit disadvantaged youth, including food stamps, student loan access, and federal work-study opportunities. This appears to contradict Trump’s campaign […]

Trump’s policies would make America’s poor even poorer — and that’s before health care and tax cuts

YouTube Trump’s vaunted “skinny” budget attacks many areas of US social spending, perhaps none more cruel than funding for programs that help the country’s poorest children.  His administration is proposing cuts to scores of programs that benefit disadvantaged youth, including food stamps, student loan access, and federal work-study opportunities. This appears to contradict Trump’s campaign […]