Category Archives: Poverty

Land and People

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Land and People”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe tenth episode of The Age of Uncertainty, John Kenneth Galbraith’s 1977 BBC TV show about the history of economic thought, is an examination of poverty and inequality. Pay special attention to his observations about Mexico, … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Starve the Beast

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Starve the Beast”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Paul Ryan wants to knock out the props of what they call “the welfare state.” Because the phrase “general welfare” doesn’t appear anywhere in the Constitution, right? Via ThinkProgress: Cuts in benefits: … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: War on Heat

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: War on Heat”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Austerity fever hasn’t abated in Washington, and once again the poorest people in America are taking the bite — frostbite. Arthur Delaney at HuffPo: Just in time for the start of winter, … Continue reading →

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Spent

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Spent”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Finally, an online game that represents the reality of working America after three decades of deliberate, sustained wage suppression! Spent is like Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed as a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: The project of a North Carolina ministry … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: American Food Hardship

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: American Food Hardship”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOver seventeen million American households had difficulty feeding themselves at least once last year. McClatchy: Roughly one in three of these “food insecure” households — nearly 6.4 million in 2010 — had very … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Voucher Stampede

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Voucher Stampede”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is what collapse looks like. Texas takes special pride in not rewarding the “deserving poor” on a good day, so naturally a few years of recession and reduced spending on public housing systems … Continue reading →