Of course you can bootstrap yourself from poverty. But what is the probability of you doing that 1%. Count yourself lucky. Here is a different perspective on p

Of course you can bootstrap yourself from poverty. But what is the probability of you doing that 1%. Count yourself lucky. Here is a different perspective on poverty: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/30/the_sting_of_poverty/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/30/... "Poverty and wealth, by this logic, don't just fall along a continuum the way hot and cold or short and tall do. They are instead fundamentally different experiences, each working on the human psyche in its own way."