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In the 1960s and 1970s, destitute families often relied on extended kin networks to get by. Poor black families were “immersed in a domestic web of a large number of kin and friends whom they [could] count on,” wrote the anthropologist Carol Stack in All Our Kin. Those entwined in such a web swapped goods and services on a daily basis. This did lit
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Girls in Kenya know perfectly well that unprotected sex leads to pregnancy. But if they think that the prospective father will feel obliged to take care of them once they give birth to his child, getting pregnant may not be such a bad thing after all. In fact, for the girls who cannot afford a school uniform and therefore cannot stay in school, hav
... See moreAbhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Turner Novak • WeeCare, Carebnb’s, and the US Child Care Epidemic
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
recognize their increasing sexual and economic emancipation, but to channel those energies into the family.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Many of our welfare policies, too, have an antifamily design. Supplemental Security Income checks are docked if recipients live with relatives. A mother can lose her rental assistance or public housing unit if she allows the father of her children to live with her in violation of her lease. Households receive a higher total allotment of food stamps
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