I don’t enjoy any debate that has to do with history or exegesis. But I found myself right in the middle of one such debate today that I found absolutely hilarious. So I wrote this post at Demos today. It’s a pretty vacuous post in which I observe that being economically insecure harms your genuine… Continue reading Jason Kuznicki just makes things up sometimes
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Policy Shop Weekly Digest: SNAP, Poverty, Inequality, Power
I had 4 posts over at Demos’ Policy Shop this week. Here is a rundown with links: Being Able-Bodied Doesn’t Make Jobs Magically Appear. Excerpt: In the most recent month for which there is available data, July of this year, there were three unemployed people for every job opening. Focusing on individuals being able-bodied makes… Continue reading Policy Shop Weekly Digest: SNAP, Poverty, Inequality, Power
Here is exactly how the Census poverty calculation is derived
Confusion abounds about how the annual poverty figure is produced. I sought to put to rest my own uncertainty on this matter once and for all by replicating the poverty figures from the microdata. What follows is an explanation of how the official rate is computed, including how families are constructed, what income is included,… Continue reading Here is exactly how the Census poverty calculation is derived
Policy Shop Weekly Digest: Disability Insurance, Desert
I had 2 posts over at Demos’ Policy Shop this week. Here is a rundown with links: The Latest Social Insurance Freak Out. Excerpt: The lesson here is, as always, don’t believe the goofy hype any time one of these social insurance stories catches fire. It is the same reheated nonsense again and again driven,… Continue reading Policy Shop Weekly Digest: Disability Insurance, Desert
One other note on “solving” poverty
My last post was about how wrong it is to say education is the only way to solve poverty. I said that changing the distribution of income is the only and best way. But there is also some trouble in the language of “solving” poverty. When you say you want to “solve” poverty, you generally… Continue reading One other note on “solving” poverty