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.
Across the planet, the number of people living in extreme poverty has dropped by more than half since 1990, when 1.9 billion people lived on under $1.25 a day, compared to 836 million in 2015, according to the UN.