What is poverty and who are the poor?

You are required to read the following report by the Census Bureau. It discusses how they measure poverty and who is poor and for how long. To access the report click here.

To learn more about the long term trends for poverty among the young read the latest Columbia University's report .

I will give you 10 extra credit points for reading Noam Chomsky's essay on the "free market."

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