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There have been some poverty studies in India that shows that the lack in belief that "things could be different" may be the cause of some irrational behavior.
by fanboy123 16y ago
There have been some poverty studies in India that shows that the lack in belief that "things could be different" may be the cause of some irrational behavior.
What I wonder from the article is what happens if you take a poor person and pay off everything and get them started with an education. Do they fall right back into debt? I have always suspected that having a child while a teenager is too big of a cost to dig your way out of.
- techiferous 16y agoin India This may not translate well into the U.S., since India has a history of a strong caste system that enforced poverty. "Things could be different" was not true for the Harijans.
- fanboy123 16y agoThat was part of the study. Researchers observed more irrational actions compared to say rural china or vietnam. Having that feeling that things wont change will cause you to give up and do what is deemed irrational.