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What prevents the poor from reaching the middle class? | VISION TALKS
American Enterprise Institute
Megan McArdle's AEI Vision Talk 'Capital and Poverty' argues that social and financial capital work differently in low-income communities, and that this explains barriers to reaching the middle class.
Cited to explain why poor people's seemingly irrational financial decisions can rationally protect their social safety net.
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