There is a serious fairness issue here, but it doesn't have to do with whether MacKenzie ends up with $1 billion or $68 billion.
Tag: poverty
Poverty, marriage, and single mother update
Single parenthood is not the story of poverty.
Explain to me again how marriage is the problem here
Black married parents are 2.4-times more likely to be in poverty, are 2.1-times more likely to be unemployed, and have one-ninth the median net worth compared with White married parents.
Haskins / Sawhill Moynihan Prize: The Family Inequality file
A review of the Family Inequality record.
Delayed parenting and anti-poverty policy
I don't favor using delayed parenthood as an approach to poverty reduction. Here's some of the reasons why.
US policy fails at reducing child poverty because it aims to fix the poor
If we want to help kids, it's time to focus on money, not marriage.
No, poverty is not a mysterious, unknowable, negative-spiral loop
What if we treated child poverty like elderly poverty?
How about we stop moralizing and end child poverty tomorrow?
How much would you pay to stop having to listen to rich people tell poor people how to run their families? If my calculations are correct, we can end child poverty for $62 billion per year. Is that a lot? No, it's not. It's $578 per non-poor family -- but (if Twitter analytics are to…
Continue reading ➞ How about we stop moralizing and end child poverty tomorrow?
Grandparents day: Still no need to send a card
Updating the trend on children living with their grandparents.
Why it’s rotten to tell someone they’re poor because of when they had their kids
A decent job and some education would mean a lot more than your sermon.
Family Inequality 