Psychology of Poverty - Don’t the Poor Have a Place on Earth?

Abstract

As a socio-economic problem, poverty has been on the agenda of the political economy throughout world history. During recent years, its scope and comprehension have become immense with the political and societal transformations sweeping all around the world, thereby coming to the fore for the vast majority of the countries. The political economy of today’s world dominated by liberal capitalism poses significant societal challenges such as the destruction of the environment, wars, and violence [1].