Alisa’s Reviews > Poverty, by America > Status Update

“ Even as more of us are shopping according to our values, economic justice does not seem to be among our top priorities” (60).

“Our vulnerability to exploitation grows as our liberty shrinks” (43).

“At the end of the day aren’t “systemic“ problems – systemic racism, poverty, misogyny – made up of untold numbers of individual decisions, motivated by real or imagined self interest? “The system“ doesn’t force us to stiff the waiter or vote against affordable housing in our neighborhood, does it?” (42)

“We could follow suit by investing in programs to help single parents, balance work and family life programs, such as paid family leave, affordable,l childcare and universal pre-K. instead, we’ve increasingly privatized daycare and summer programming, effectively reserving these modern-day necessities for the affluent” (36).

“Countries that make the deepest investments, in their people, particularly through universal programs that benefit all citizens have the lowest rates of poverty, including among households, headed by single mothers.” (36)