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girls who did not drop out because of the cash transfer were also less likely to become pregnant.
Abhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
A number of the Aunts were trained in first response and midwifery, though they could not be real doctors.
Margaret Atwood • The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
it’s not hard to see why that couple would support legislation designed to yield higher returns, even if that means shortchanging workers. Social ills—segregation, exploitation—can be motivated by bigotry and selfishness as well as by the best of intentions, such as protecting our children. Especially protecting our children.
Matthew Desmond • Poverty, by America
If the same resources have to be shared among more people, some of them at least should end up with less. If children do not suffer, who does? One possible answer is the mother.
Abhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
After seeing her healthcare costs jump, Gwen Hurd, a worker at an outlet mall, told a reporter in 2018: “It seems to me that people who earn nothing and contribute nothing get everything for free. And the people who work hard and struggle for every penny barely end up surviving.”[22] Universal programs, like a universal basic income (UBI), get rid
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if every mother were to take iodine capsules, there would be a 7.5 percent increase in the total educational attainment of children in Central and Southern Africa.
Abhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
“Sailer’s Law of Female Journalism,”
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
One treated them like poor girls and made the bare business offer. The other put a woman in charge—a motherly, dignified, capable woman. They did business in her name. They used her picture. She signed all ads and letters. She wrote to these girls like a friend.