It is the most perfect fall day here in Baltimore. What a great day to naturalize. And register to vote, finally.
Kris-Stella Trump
@kstrump.bsky.social
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Political scientist at Johns Hopkins University: democracy, inequality, political psychology, public opinion, behavioral everything. No relation. American by way of Estonia, Sweden, and England.
![Abstract: This review explains how and why the United States has systemically high poverty. Descriptive evidence shows that U.S. poverty is (i) a huge share of the population, (ii) a perennial outlier among rich democracies, (iii) staggeringly high for certain groups, (iv) unexpectedly high for those who “play by the rules,” and (v) pervasive across various groups and places. This review then discusses and critiques three prevailing approaches focused on the individual poor rather than the systemically high poverty: (i) behavioral explanations “fixing the poor,” (ii) emotive compassion “dramatizing the poor,” and (iii) cultural explanations both dramatizing and fixing the poor. The essay then reviews political explanations that emphasize the essential role of social policy generosity, political choices to penalize risks, power resources of collective political actors, and institutions. [more through link]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z4wgt4mi7zsbqtcgbtk7623g/bafkreibk5n23bxhvoyv6icx5wxx3thzhjzetvdphwqpazgtc6g36kp5zjq)