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1. The bottom line: One in three families can’t afford diapers. Why are they so expensive? | Features | Tampa Bay Times
   2018-03-30 to capitalism, charity, parenting, poverty by aldeka - Archived Link
2. Being homeless a struggle — even with a $100,000 job offer | The Seattle Times
   2015-12-28 to homeless, infosec, news, poverty, seattle, seattletimes, security, technology by mako - Archived Link
3. Homeless IT guy scores his $100,000 dream job | The Seattle Times
   2015-12-28 to homeless, infosec, newspapers, poverty, seattle, seattletimes, security, technology by mako - Archived Link
4. ‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’ | Society | The Guardian
   2015-02-18 to class, culture, guardian, letter, oped, opinion, poverty by mako - Archived Link
5. Design that Matters
   "Design that Matters (DtM), a 501c3 nonprofit based in Salem, Massachusetts, creates new products that allow social enterprises in developing countries to offer improved services and scale more quickly."
   2013-04-20 to design, humanrights, ngo, poverty, salem, social by mako - Archived Link
6. Schumpeter: Asian innovation | The Economist
   2012-06-03 to asia, china, economist, frugality, india, innovation, poverty, userinnovation by mako - Archived Link
7. Rewarding safe sex | End Poverty
   I find something a bit problematic about this experiment.
   2012-03-13 to africa, cct, economics, experiments, incentives, money, payment, poverty, sex, std, worldbank by mako - Archived Link
8. Mitra et al (2005) - computing literacy on shared public computers - the 'hole in the wall'
   I have heard tons about this project -- mostly from OLPC sources, I suppose. Nice to actually track it down.
   2011-11-09 to computers, development, education, experiments, india, laptop, learning, olpc, papers, poverty, research, rural by mako - Archived Link
9. Interactive | State of Working America
   2011-03-07 to america, capitalism, economics, flash, history, interactive, poverty, usa, visualization by mako - Archived Link
10. Consider the Evidence
    Check out the Reducing Inequality post which were recently featured on Crooked Timber. Recommended reading.
    2009-04-19 to academic, blogs, economics, politics, poverty, sociology by mako - Archived Link
11. Bookstall owner plans to close fixture in Harvard Square - The Boston Globe
    This guy gave away a copy of Ted Nelson's literary machines. Horrible news he's gonna be gone.
    2009-04-06 to books, boston, cambridge, harvard, homeless, poverty by mako - Archived Link

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