shopping while poor

[memegarden]

A post on poverty, and on compassion. Link thanks to gramina.

Comments

[qijm]

That's a beautiful story.

(It also, somewhat indirectly, illustrates why I've given up talking politics with almost everybody I know)

[fallenpegasus]

Here is a semirelated link.

http://www.policyreview.org/138/eberstadt.html

ISTR a while ago you had a post wondering about the history of the definition of the "poverty line". This is an interesting analysis.

[memegarden]

Thanks for the link.