Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty - Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard & Heather E. Bullock
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Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy.
Poorly Understood is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, and Heather E. Bullock powerfully demonstrate that the realities of poverty are much different than the myths. The idealized image of American society is one of abundant opportunities, with hard work being rewarded by economic prosperity. But what if this picture is wrong? What if the reasons for poverty are largely beyond the control of individuals? These are much more disturbing realities to consider because they call into question the very core of America’s identity.
Armed with the latest research, Poorly Understood not only challenges the myths of poverty and inequality, but it explains why these myths continue to exist, providing an innovative blueprint for how the nation can move forward to effectively alleviate American poverty.
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This post has 4 comments
March 11th, 2023
You sure like to dwell in tragedy and sad things. It is good to be aware but is unhealthy to be obsessed, not that you are, I’m just saying.
March 12th, 2023
Columbia21, there is no ‘just saying’. C’mon dude grow a pair and say what you really think. Clearly you are bothered by the topic.
Your it “is unhealthy to be obsessed” & “dwell in tragedy and sad things” argument is a logical fallacy. Red herring. daenigma100’s mental health is irrelevant.
Whether it’s unhealthy or not has no bearing on American poverty, but it is kind of sweet how concerned you are about daenigma100 mental health.
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BTW this is a sad topic. Personal too.
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FWIW:
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**America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID**
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‘Even before the pandemic began, more people here were dying at younger ages than in comparably wealthy nations.’
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“For every year from 1933 to 2021, they compared America’s mortality rates with the average of Canada, Japan, and 16 Western European nations (adjusting for age and population). They showed that from the 1980s onward, the U.S. started falling behind its peers. By 2019, the number of missing Americans had grown to 626,000. After COVID arrived, that statistic ballooned even further—to 992,000 in 2020, and to 1.1 million in 2021. Were the U.S. “just average compared to other wealthy countries, not even the best performer, fully a third of all deaths last year would have been prevented,” Bor told me. That includes half of all deaths among working-age adults. “Think of two people you might know under 65 who died last year: One of them might still be alive,” he said. “It raises the hairs on the back of my neck.”
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/07/us-life-span-mortality-rates/670591/
March 13th, 2023
Yeah columbia is right. Why not focus on the happy things? Like, the billionaires are doing hella great lately. See, the happy things… lol.
March 30th, 2023
Thanks for sharing this one—a fine companion to the new Desmond
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