The fight against global poverty was once all the rage. From the 1950s to the 1980s, when the Global South’s exploding populations desperately searched for jobs and food, everybody seemed to look for ...

Dylan Gottlieb is Assistant Professor of History at Bentley University. A political and literary forum, independent and nonprofit since 1975. Registered 501(c)(3) organization.

Danielle Wiggins is Assistant Professor of History at Caltech. A political and literary forum, independent and nonprofit since 1975. Registered 501(c)(3) organization.