| AUTHOR | Barbara Harriss-White |
| ORGANIZATION | Economic and Political Weekly |
| TYPE | Journal Article |
| DATE | 2006 |
| TOPIC | Child poverty and disparities |
| LANGUAGE | English |
While it may be possible to mitigate poverty through social transfers, it is not possible to eradicate the processes that create poverty under capitalism. Eight such processes are discussed: the creation of the preconditions; petty commodity production and trade; technological change and unemployment; petty commodification; harmful commodities and waste; pauperising crises; climate-change related pauperisation; and the unrequired, incapacitated and/or dependent human body under capitalism. Ways to regulate these processes and to protect against their impact are discussed.
