But, at the same time, there is something to be glad of, always. Wherever we were and whatever we were struggling with, there was tremendous wealth to be had.

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A Christmas Carol follows old miser Scrooge on Christmas Eve, as he's visited by his late business partner Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come.

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Fox by Joyce Carol Oates is out on 19 June (HarperCollins, £18.99). You can buy it from the Big Issue shop on bookshop.org, which helps to support Big Issue and independent bookshops. Do you have a ...

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Measuring Poverty. The World Bank’s mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. To effectively monitor progress toward this goal, it is critical to measure ...