What is the 'poverty industry'?

When I began working on poverty issues, I had the naïve idea that a child poverty activist was somebody who raised money to help poor children. That was not entirely wrong; there are a few groups which do that, and I have great respect for their work. But these days, poverty activism is, above all, political activism. It is about lobbying and campaigning for changes in economic and social policy.

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Source: http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/what-is-the-poverty-industry

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