Is poverty a serious problem in America? Census bureau measures show the U.S. poverty rate has decreased / U.S. Census Bureau ; Census bureau methods of measuring poverty are unreliable / John Cassidy ; Most "poor" Americans enjoy a comfortable standard of living / Robert Rector ; The working poor are not getting by in America / Michelle Conlin and Aaron Bernstein ; Record numbers of Americans are abjectly poor / Tony Pugh ; The gap between rich and poor is widening / Arloc Sherman and Aviva Aron-Dine ; The gap between rich and poor is not widening / Alan Reynolds

What causes poverty in America? Immigration is increasing poverty in the United States / Robert Rector ; Immigration is not increasing poverty in the United States / Jeff Chapman and Jared Bernstein ; Racism causes poverty / Alan Jenkins ; People are poor through their own behavior and bad choices / Blake Bailey ; Massive job loss is increasing poverty in America / John Peterson

How can poverty be reduced in the United States? Raising the minimum wage will reduce poverty / Jason Furman and Sharon Parrot ; Raising the minimum wage will not reduce poverty / David R. Henderson ; Expanding government programs can reduce poverty / John Podesta ; Poverty has been reduced by restricting government programs / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill ; Tax cuts reduce poverty / Matthew Ladner ; Tax cuts hurt the poor / National Organization for Women ; Replace antipoverty programs with annual cash grants for every adult American / Charles A. Murray ; Replacing antipoverty programs with cash grants is unworkable / Clive Crook

How should global poverty be addressed? The UN Millennium Project can halve global poverty by 2015 / The World Bank ; The UN Millennium Project is failing to reduce global poverty / Conn Hallinan ; Multinational corporations can reduce global poverty / George C. Lodge and Craig Wilson ; Multinational corporations cause global poverty / Michael Parenti ; Immigrant remittances reduce poverty in poor home countries / Manuel Orozco et al. ; Immigrant workers' remittances cannot solve global poverty.