The man who measured poverty Charles Booth was one of a long line of Victorians fascinated by London life, and one of the few to change it Greg Langley © Getty Images The man who measured poverty Charles Booth was one of a long line of Victorians fascinated by London life, and one of the few to change it Greg Langley Related articles Related articles Who was Bismarck? Why did a man famous for his iron grip on European politics become the creator of the first state pension? The answer is a love for the state as much as its workers Old age poverty: a daily struggle She worked all her life, had her own business, paid her dues; but at 79, Cologne resident Renate Paulat finds herself with just enough to get by. Every sixth female pensioner in Germany lives close to or below the poverty line Where to, Otto? On the 125th anniversary of the creation of the world’s first state pension, we can all say “Thank you, Otto!” Have we averted the old age crisis? In, the World Bank issued a landmark report that pension arrangements in many countries were unsustainable. Two decades later, one of the authors asks if enough has been done to avert an old age crisis
Who was Bismarck? Why did a man famous for his iron grip on European politics become the creator of the first state pension? The answer is a love for the state as much as its workers
Old age poverty: a daily struggle She worked all her life, had her own business, paid her dues; but at 79, Cologne resident Renate Paulat finds herself with just enough to get by. Every sixth female pensioner in Germany lives close to or below the poverty line
Where to, Otto? On the 125th anniversary of the creation of the world’s first state pension, we can all say “Thank you, Otto!”
Have we averted the old age crisis? In, the World Bank issued a landmark report that pension arrangements in many countries were unsustainable. Two decades later, one of the authors asks if enough has been done to avert an old age crisis
