If youâre creative and imaginative, a degree in art could be just what youâre looking for to express yourself. Art may not be a vocational subject â that is, one that leads to a specific career â but this doesnât mean it wonât be a good preparation for the world of work.
â. also summarizes an updated report by the US Census Bureau that 1 in 7 people in the US are in poverty. In 2009, 43.6 million people â 14.6 percent of the population-were living in poverty in the U.S., up from 13.2 percent of the population in 2008.
1 In 1990, nearly half of the population in the developing regions lived on less than $1.25 a day. This rate dropped to 14 per cent in 2015. 2  At the global level more than 800 million people are still living in extreme poverty.  Globally, 300 million workers lived below the $1.25 a day poverty line in 2015.