![]() And here to make a smart about why that is, is Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond. ![]() ![]() And even though we’ve talked about how child poverty fell 46% during the pandemic, poverty overall has pretty much stayed more or less the same over the last 50 years. Why poverty in the United States, in a country as rich as it is, the richest country in the history of the planet, there are still millions and millions and millions and millions of people, many of them children, living in poverty. Today single topic on the single show on Tuesdays. Welcome to make me smart where none of us is as smart as all of us. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting it. ![]() Transcripts are generated using a combination of automated software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Note: Marketplace podcasts are meant to be heard, with emphasis, tone and audio elements a transcript can’t capture. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode. What’s something you thought you knew but later found out you were wrong about? Send us your answer to the Make Me Smart question. 197, March 1978 from the Internet Archive “World’s Biggest Pulp Producer Suzano Considers Trading With China in Yuan” from Bloomberg.“Opinion | Society’s failures on mental health put Jordan Neely on that F train” from The Washington Post.“National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2023” from the U.S.“How many people are really facing poverty in the U.S.?” from Marketplace.helps the rich and hurts the poor” from NPR “Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S.“Child poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, Census Bureau says” from Marketplace.“Why Poverty Persists in America” from The New York Times.Plus, one couple shares their perspective on Kai’s “rants.” And, in honor of Mother’s Day, this week’s answer to the Make Me Smart question comes from the mom of one of our producers. Later, we’ll hear about an early depiction of a bathroom in the “Star Wars” universe. We’ll get into what that could mean for the future of the U.S. And, a key player in the global wood pulp industry is considering switching to Chinese currency in its business transactions. In the News Fix: Following the tragic death of Jordan Neely in New York City, we reflect on the responsibility shared by society at large for allowing unjust systems to remain in place. Plus, the role regular Americans play in all of it. On the show today, Desmond breaks down how the United States became a country with more poverty than other advanced democracies, the problems with our welfare system and what really works to reduce poverty. That’s the question Desmond set out to answer in his new book, “Poverty, by America.” “So we have this paradox, where we are making deeper investments, we’re spending a bit more, but poverty is persisting, right? And why is that?” asked Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond. But with those programs gone, poverty in the United States looks pretty much the same as it has for the past 50 years, despite an overall increase in how much we’re spending to fight it. Child poverty levels fell dramatically - nearly in half - in 2021 with the help of pandemic-era government programs and cash assistance.
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