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Recently Noted – “Across America, working-class people are dying of despair”

January 17, 2020 Comments Off on Recently Noted – “Across America, working-class people are dying of despair”
“Who Killed the Knapp Family?” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn appeared in the Sunday 1/12/2020 NYTimes. This essay which is adapted from a newly published book by the same authors, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, explores the grim reality of life in one small corner of America, Yamhill, OR --->> read more -->>
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Evicted – the book and the exhibition

April 3, 2019 Comments Off on Evicted – the book and the exhibition
We read Evicted – poverty and profit in the American city by Matthew Desmond last year in our local library book group. Recently on a visit to Washington DC to the National Building Museum (401 F St. NW – Judiciary Square Metro stop) we came on an exhibit based on --->> read more -->>
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Recently Noted – A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America by Ed Pilkington

December 27, 2017 Comments Off on Recently Noted – A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America by Ed Pilkington
Recently Noted – A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America by Ed Pilkington In the Time of Republican Transfers of Income and Wealth to the Rich and Corporations A friend pointed me to this article in 12/15/2017 The Guardian, “A journey through a land of extreme --->> read more -->>
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Job (Business) Killing Regulations

March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Job (Business) Killing Regulations
Ever since Ronald Reagan told us in his 1981 Inaugural Address, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” government bashing by right-wingers, Republicans and many Democrats has been a constant drumbeat of political rhetoric. Now we have Trump with his “Kill 2 regulations for every --->> read more -->>
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How Much Money Would It Take To Eliminate Poverty in the US?

February 26, 2017 Comments Off on How Much Money Would It Take To Eliminate Poverty in the US?
This 2013 article “How Much Money Would It Take to Eliminate Poverty” (http://prospect.org/article/how-much-money-would-it-take-eliminate-poverty-america) addresses this question. The answer then was $175 billion. This is a ridiculously small number in the context of a $16 trillion GDP. As someone who is on the homeowners gravy train I was stuck by this part --->> read more -->>