Date: April 29th, 2009

Childhood poverty damages your mind

29 April, 2009 (11:29) | Policy, Poverty, Tenure, Theory | No comments

I am just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told. I have squandered my resistance, For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises.
All lies and jest.
The Boxer, Paul Simon
 

Poor girl, Oklahoma City, 1936
 

Why are people poor? The question echoes down the ages. Is it their destiny, their upbringing, their character, their misfortune?
 

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