Solutions to Poverty: When Your Voice Isn't Enough

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“Use your voice,” some say. “Convince our government leaders that they must end poverty, injustice, and hunger. If we all stand up as one and demand action from our leaders, action will come.”

But how effective is the government in helping the needy? The government spends billions on these problems, but it cannot know the individuals it seeks to help—can’t know their names, their specific struggles—it cannot love them in the true sense. How can government hope to solve a person’s deepest problems?

So what now? If governments and lobbies can’t offer the solutions, who can?

You can.

Get involved with groups that effectively help the needy: see our Samaritan Guide for names and contact information.

Come to Grand Rapids this summer to take it deeper: Acton University is a four-day exploration of the principles of a free and virtuous society (scholarships available).

Read our op-eds, our quarterly, Religion & Liberty, and our Journal of Markets & Morality.

Learn how good intentions should be guided by sound economics: visit our Impact page.

Don’t just use your voice.

Use your heart, your soul, and your mind.