Lecture Issues in economics today - Chapter 26: Poverty and welfare
Lecture Issues in economics today - Chapter 26: Poverty and welfare
When you finish this chapter, you should: Describe how poverty is measured, summarize the demographics of poverty in the United States, and show how the percentage of the population that is poor has changed through the last 40 years; enumerate the significant problems associated with the federal government’s official poverty rate; list and describe the myriad programs that exist for the poor;...