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Some research material I found on poverty: Don't fall in the poverty trap, you might never get out (Best): http://trueslant.com/megancottrell/2009/11/13/dont-f

by Joakal 16y ago

Some research material I found on poverty: Don't fall in the poverty trap, you might never get out (Best): http://trueslant.com/megancottrell/2009/11/13/dont-fall-in-the-poverty-trap-you-might-never-get-out/ http://trueslant.com/megancottrell/2009/11/13/dont-fall-in-t... Economics of being poor (Second best): https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702053.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/0... Poor nutrition stunts growth of millions: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/12/2740530.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/12/2740530.htm Life on $234 a week: no fresh food, holidays or visits to the doctor: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/life-on-234-a-week-no-fresh-food-holidays-or-visits-to-the-doctor-20110104-19f57.html http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/life-on-234-a-we... (You hear all about a dollar a day feeds the poor elsewhere) The paradox of American poverty: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/sep/17/census-bureau-poverty http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/sep/... Poverty not Taliban causing war: Afghans: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/18/2746886.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/18/2746886.htm Statistics and pictures of children in poverty: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/poverty-forces-children-sleep-strangest-places/15237 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/poverty-forces... Poor people spend 9% of yearly income on lottery tickets: http://www.walletpop.com/2010/05/31/poor-people-spend-9-of-income-on-lottery-tickets-heres-why/ http://www.walletpop.com/2010/05/31/poor-people-spend-9-of-i...

Duff 16y ago
The poverty trap is a great article. The thing not mentioned is that you need two incomes to get by. "Poor" people generally have one. Even folks who make more money can fall into this sort of realm. Say you have a couple where one person makes $100k, and the other $50k. Then children arrive. The person making $50k faces several years where their salary is essentially paying for childcare exclusively. So you face this bizarre choice. Pay an outrageous sum of money and have people making $11/hr raise your children, or drop out of the workforce and become nearly unemployable when the kids get older.
elptacek 16y ago
I wish I could upvote this comment twice. There's a tremendous amount of data freely available and it doesn't take a PhD to see correlations between motivations and consequences. To this list, I add: http://www.amazon.com/American-Project-Rise-Modern-Ghetto/dp/0674008308 http://www.amazon.com/American-Project-Rise-Modern-Ghetto/dp... Tough read. Worth reading.

by Joakal 16y ago

Duff 16y ago

The poverty trap is a great article. The thing not mentioned is that you need two incomes to get by. "Poor" people generally have one. Even folks who make more money can fall into this sort of realm. Say you have a couple where one person makes $100k, and the other $50k. Then children arrive. The person making $50k faces several years where their salary is essentially paying for childcare exclusively. So you face this bizarre choice. Pay an outrageous sum of money and have people making $11/hr raise your children, or drop out of the workforce and become nearly unemployable when the kids get older.

elptacek 16y ago

I wish I could upvote this comment twice. There's a tremendous amount of data freely available and it doesn't take a PhD to see correlations between motivations and consequences. To this list, I add: http://www.amazon.com/American-Project-Rise-Modern-Ghetto/dp/0674008308 http://www.amazon.com/American-Project-Rise-Modern-Ghetto/dp... Tough read. Worth reading.