Megan McArdle recently posted about how poor people get forced into higher-priced alternatives. She credits that observation to the book, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.
Basically, poor people do not have enough money saved up to make big purchases or investments. People from more affluent backgrounds will have money saved up or […]
I just read this interesting article about a Waco minister who created a poverty simulation called Plunge2poverty. He released a guidebook that other organizations can use to recreate the poverty simulation:
Plunge2poverty: An Intensive Poverty Simulation Experience
Basically, the simulation consists of giving 40 simulation dollars to participants from privileged or middle-class backgrounds. The participants try to […]
A friend of mine recently directed me to the website for Ending Hunger Now: A Challenge To Persons Of Faith, and recommended the book to me. In the book, George McGovern, Bob Dole, and Donald E. Messer share their conviction that ending hunger is a religious imperative and a human priority. Writing for congregations and […]
I recently received a news story from my friend, D.J Pine, about a push by minority communities for more complete and inclusive American History.
Here’s a short excerpt:
American students often get the impression from history classes that the British got here first, settling Jamestown, Va., in 1607. They hear about how white Northerners freed the black […]
For those with an interest in hunger, poverty, and the social science thereof, I’ve compiled a list of books and reading materials. You can easily buy any of these books from Amazon instantly, so I recommend you get one, two, or a few. Here’s the list:
The World’s Banker by Sebastian Mallaby
World Hunger: 12 Myths
World Development […]