- Sep 2022
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David Brady and colleagues have shown this to be empirically the case across29 rich democracies. The authors focused on four major risks of poverty—loweducation, single motherhood, young adults heading a household, and unem-ployment. They found that although the prevalence of these risks in the UnitedStates is actually below the average in other countries, the rate of poverty inthe United States is the highest. The reason is that “the penalties for risks inthe United States are the highest of the 29 countries. An individual with allfour risks has an extremely heightened probability of being poor in the UnitedStates.”
How did we get to this point and how do we move away from it?
What does David Brady's research indicate about the other countries that makes them more resilient to poverty despite these problems?
Is it a feature of institutional racism that causes this problem?
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- Aug 2020
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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editor, P. B. S. policy. (2020, August 13). UK’s poorest ‘skip meals and go hungry’ during coronavirus crisis. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/12/coronavirus-lockdown-hits-nutritional-health-of-uks-poorest
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- NHS
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- wellbeing
- malnutrition
- healthy food
- household income
- food insecurity
- COVID-19
- poverty
- government
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- food
- UK
- obesity
- health
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covid-19.iza.org covid-19.iza.org
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Poverty and COVID-19 in Developing Countries. COVID-19 and the Labor Market. (n.d.). IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. Retrieved July 29, 2020, from https://covid-19.iza.org/publications/dp13297/
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- May 2020
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ourworldindata.org ourworldindata.orgAbout1
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About. (n.d.). Our World in Data. Retrieved May 25, 2020, from https://ourworldindata.org/about
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