Posts Relative Poverty Rate Increased By 1.3 Points In 2016 Matt Bruenig November 19, 2017 A jump in the median income pushed relative poverty up.
Posts The Success Sequence Continues To Be Complete Nonsense Matt Bruenig September 28, 2017 Full-time work holds down poverty, not the “success sequence.”
Posts How Poor And Nonpoor Adults Spent Their Weeks Last Year Matt Bruenig September 15, 2017 Poor adults tend to spend more weeks disabled, studying, and caring.
Posts Who Was Poor In 2016 And Why Our System Keeps Failing Them Matt Bruenig September 12, 2017 Capitalism drives poverty and only the welfare state can fix that.
Posts The Success Sequence Is About Cultural Beefs, Not Poverty Matt Bruenig August 5, 2017 This “common sense” approach to poverty is just a culture war grievance.