Poverty is a real issue

Businesses are basing their competitive advantage on low-cost labour. Photo: Shuttestock.com

This newspaper carried an editorial a couple of weeks ago entitled, ‘Eradicating the root causes of poverty’. Among other things, the editorial stated that: “The first measure to address poverty is to aim to abolish it by ensuring that workers are paid decent wages rather than offered financial handouts when they face misery.” It also...