poverty
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 13, 2021 by Arthur Brooks · across every show →
Everything said about poverty, oldest first
Jul 13, 2021 neutral
Brooks: Escaping poverty reduces unhappiness rather than creating happiness
“Money never bought happiness. Even early on, you find that people actually have a higher affect balance. They feel better about their lives when they go from poor to not poor. It's absolutely true, but it's not because they're getting happier. This sounds like…”
May 2, 2024 negative
Winston: Government anti-poverty programs succeed only at unnecessarily high costs
“Poverty has declined, and some of government policies have certainly contributed to that, but it's so expensive to do that, and oftentimes there's, you know, multiple policies, you know, to address poverty as opposed to something that's more streamlined, more …”
May 10, 2024
Lonsdale: Single-parent household rates are a top predictor of poverty
“One of the things data shows us is one of the best predictors, if you want to fight inequality, if you want to fight poverty, one of the best predictors is the share fraction of children who are single parents as opposed to two parents”