Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Paul Krugman: Look beyond common myths surrounding poverty in America - Local Opinion - Postbulletin.com Rochester, MN News

Yet, I do worry the centrality of race and racism to this particular story may convey the false impression that debilitating poverty and alienation from society are uniquely black experiences. In fact, much, though by no means all, of the horror one sees in Baltimore and many other places is really about class, about the devastating effects of extreme and rising inequality.

http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/paul-krugman-look-beyond-common-myths-surrounding-poverty-in-america/article_8de27815-c9dc-5fbf-956f-d949b8195a18.html?mode=jqm


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