Inequality and Poverty

Poverty is a global issue and it exists everywhere to some degree. Around the world, in rich or poor nations, poverty has always been present. Poverty is the current state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. In most countries today, inequality—the gap between the rich and the poor—is quite high and often widening. The causes are numerous, including a lack of individual responsibility, bad government policy and many others. In the global context, a few get wealthy while the majority struggle.