A New War on Poverty?
Is it time for a new War on Poverty?
The presidential contenders weigh in here!
Table of Contents (Winter 2008)
A NEW WAR ON POVERTY?
EDITOR'S NOTE
Intervention
Should poverty policy be built around housing vouchers? Making sense of the evidence.
Research in Brief
The gender gap in educational outcomes, debt reform and financial risk, and the surprising decline in residential segregation.
Trends
The U.S. has much poverty, far more than comparable countries, like the U.K. Why?
A new analysis of tax data reveals an unprecedented rise at the top of the income distribution. Are capitalists or professionals the big winners?