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Vetan Kapoor

Notes from "Poverty in America" by John Iceland (2012) - 0 views

Poverty in America: A Handbook (John Iceland, 2012) Chapter 4: Characteristics of the Poverty Population * 22.4% of Americans were poor in 1959, 11.1% in 1973, and 12.5% in 2003 * 70% of impoveri...

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started by Vetan Kapoor on 22 Mar 13 no follow-up yet
Vetan Kapoor

Poverty: 2010 and 2011 (ACS) - 1 views

www.census.gov/...acsbr11-01.pdf

shared by Vetan Kapoor on 19 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Coonoor Behal on 26 Nov 12
     
    "Among large metropolitan areas, poverty rates ranged from 8.3 percent to 37.7 percent in the 2011 ACS."
  • Vetan Kapoor on 28 Nov 12
     
    A lot of good stats from the 2010 Census report on geography of poverty, as well as race and child vs. adult stuff, which I read in the foreword to the Harrington book. I'm typing up key notes from each chapter and will post here or google docs once done.
Vetan Kapoor

Notes from "The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity" by J... - 0 views

Ch 3: The Free-Market Fallacy * 63% of Americans concur that "It is the responsibility of government to take care of people who can't take care of themselves. The sentiment that government should h...

started by Vetan Kapoor on 22 Mar 13 no follow-up yet
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