Addressing Poverty

“Three of the nation’s top scholars - known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America - turn their attention from the country’s poorest people to its poorest places” Intro to The Injustice of Place Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Timothy J. Nelson

The summation of “The Injustice of Place” and how to alleviate poverty are these seven bullet points:

1) End separate and unequal schooling

2) End violence and spark mobility

3) Invest in the social infrastructure

4) Root out corruption

5) Make structural racism visible and confront it

6) Bring the supply chains home

7) All for the sake of the children