Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

Families aren’t failing the poverty line—the poverty line is failing them. How outdated metrics mask today’s economic reality ...

Green is making waves with a provocative claim: the official U.S. poverty line is a "lie" — that is, wildly disconnected from ...

How much does an American family of four need to earn to avoid poverty? According to the Census Bureau, $32,130. But what if ...

Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.

Financial analyst Michael Green suggests the official poverty line of $32,000 per year for a family of four in the U.S. is ...

A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today's America, sparking controversy. He's wrong, but he made a ...

This would be the cheapest, most efficient way to end extreme poverty, and it would cost about $30 billion per year. But, ...

The current poverty level – inflation adjusted from that 1963 base – is $31,200 for a family of four. I think we can all ...