Redefining Inequality.

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  • Author(s): Reed, Adolph Jr. (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Nation. 9/18/2023, Vol. 317 Issue 6, p8-10. 2p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      UNEMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL services; INCOME inequality; POVERTY; GRASSROOTS movements; CIVIL rights movements; GOVERNMENT policy
    • Abstract:
      The other view, which won out, insisted that poverty was a residual problem in the United States, distinct from the issue of unemployment. COLUMNS In the 1960s, the idea of "poverty" permitted a shift from questions of economy to those of personal responsibility. As Judith Stein noted sardonically, "It was Ho Chi Minh, not Keynes, who brought [unemployment] down to 4 percent". [Extracted from the article]
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