1. Poverty and Welfare Systems SS 2011
A global perspective of poverty
The cycle of poverty
The American policy -or lack of one- to combat poverty ("Punishing the Poor")
(Racial) groups and poverty
The working poor
Debate topic: Guaranteed Income
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2. Some of your views "Getting a job will raise a person out of poverty."
Agree: 55% Disagree: 28%
"If a healthy adult person is poor, it is probably his/her own fault."
Agree: 14% Disagree: 66%
"There is no true poverty in Austria."
Agree: 3% Disagree: 90%
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3. Some of your views "Most black people in the US are poor."
Agree: 28% Disagree: 45%
"Racism is not a problem in Austria."
Agree: 3% Disagree: 90%
"Austria is a multicultural society."
Agree: 28% Disagree: 66%
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4. If our world were a village of 1000 people, what would its ethnic and religious composition be?
Source:
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5. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . . Asian?
European?
African?
South American?
North American?
Other?
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6. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . . Asian?
European?
African?
South American?
North American?
Other?
610
120 (50+ Russians)
130
80 (50)
50 (80) 10
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7. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . .
Christians?
Atheists (or non-religious)?
Moslems?
Hindus?
Buddhists?
Jews?
Other (e.g. Animists)?
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8. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . .
Christians??
Atheists (or non-religious)?
Moslems?
Hindus?
Buddhists?
Jews?
Other (e.g. Animists)?
330
160
180
140 60 3
127
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9. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people . . .
would control 3/4 of the total income?
would be hungry?
would live in sub-standard housing?
would have access to clean water?
would be college educated?
adults would be illiterate (coudn’t read)?
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10. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people . . .
would control 3/4 of the total income?
would be hungry?
would live in sub-standard housing?
would have access to clean water?
would be college educated?
adults would be illiterate (coudn’t read)?
< 100
500
800
330
< 10
335
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11. The Global Village /Miniature Earth
How many of the 1000 people . . .
would have a secondary education?
would have a computer?
would have an internet connection?
would have a bank account?
would live on less than $1 a day?
would live on less than $2 a day? 70
120 30
300
180
530
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12. The Global Rich List http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Relevant Links:
The Miniature Earth (Update- 2010)
"The BBs of Wealth" )
"Who Owns America‘s Wealth "
The Global Rich List

13. Source: http://www. wider. unu
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16. Some of your views Agree: 90% Disagree: 7% Agree: 55% Disagree: 31%
"The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer."
Agree: 90% Disagree: 7%
"Opening up their markets will help developing countries."
Agree: 55% Disagree: 31%
"Globalization is a natural development that can't be stopped."
Agree: 48% Disagree: 38%
"A flexible workforce is a good thing."
Agree: 66% Disagree: 17%
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17. The Cycle of Poverty financial distress breakdown of family
proximity to crime
breakdown of family
lack of job skills
poor housing
poor education
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18. Punishing the Poor Source: Bureau of Justice
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20. The Kerner Report
The Kerner commission was formed by President Johnson after race riots in Business, political and civil rights leaders were asked to investigate the nation’s ethnic tensions. Their report was the nation’s first comprehensive look at race issues in the U.S. and it was the federal government’s first official document that said racism existed and was a problem.
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21. The Kerner Report
The Kerner report predicted that the economic and racial divide would grow:
“White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.”
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22. 3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
Families
10.3
11.2
11.6
All people
13.2
13.8 19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4 54
Poverty and (Racial) Groupings Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey
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23. Bachelor's degree or more
3.7
Married couples
5.5
Employed
6.1
8.6
10.2
Families
10.3
11.2
11.6
All people
13.2
13.8 19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
24.6
25.3
Unemployed
28.3
Single female householders
31.4
Children under 6 w/ female householder 54
Poverty and (Racial) Groupings Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey
Top and Bottom 3
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24. Gender and Family Status
3.7
Married couples
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
Families
10.3
11.2
11.6
All people
13.2
Single male householders
13.8 19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
24.6
25.3
28.3
Single female householders
31.4
Children under 6 w/ female householder 54
Poverty and (Racial) Groupings Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey
Gender and Family Status
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25. 3.7
5.5
6.1
Non-Hispanic Whites
8.6
Foreign-born citizens
10.2
Families
10.3
Whites
11.2
Asians
11.6
All people
13.2
13.8 19
20.8
Hispanics
23.2
Foreign-born non-citizens
23.3
23.6
Blacks
24.6
American Indians + Alaskans
25.3
28.3
31.4 54
Poverty and (Racial) Groupings Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey
Race and Origin
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26. Bachelor's degree or more
3.7
Married couples
5.5
Employed
6.1
Non-Hispanic Whites
8.6
Foreign-born citizens
10.2
Families
10.3
Whites
11.2
Asians
11.6
All people
13.2
Single male householders
13.8
Children under 18 19
Children under 6
20.8
Hispanics
23.2
Foreign-born non-citizens
23.3
No high school graduation
23.6
Blacks
24.6
American Indians + Alaskans
25.3
Unemployed
28.3
Single female householders
31.4
Children under 6 w/ female householder 54
Poverty and (Racial) Groupings Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey
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27. 2009 Update Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey
Bachelor's degree or more
3.7
4.5
Married couples
5.5
5.8
Employed
6.1
Non-Hispanic Whites
8.6
9.4
Foreign-born citizens
10.2
10.8
Families
10.3
11.1
Whites
11.2
12.3
Asians
11.6
12.5
All people
13.2
14.3
Single male householders
13.8
16.9
Children under 18 19
20.7
Children under 6
20.8
23.8
Hispanics
23.2
25.3
Foreign-born non-citizens
23.3
25.1
No high school graduation
23.6
24.7
Blacks
24.6
25.8
American Indians + Alaskans
Unemployed
28.3
Single female householders
31.4
29.9
Children under 6 w/ female householder 54
54.3
2009 Update Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey
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28. Now compare the Poverty rates for . . .
Bachelor's degree or more
3.7
Married couples
5.5
Employed
6.1
Non-Hispanic Whites
8.6
Foreign-born citizens
10.2
Families
10.3
Whites
11.2
Asians
11.6
All people
13.2
Single male householders
13.8
Children under 18 19
Children under 6
20.8
Hispanics
23.2
Foreign-born non-citizens
23.3
No high school graduation
23.6
Blacks
24.6
American Indians + Alaskans
25.3
Unemployed
28.3
Single female householders
31.4
Children under 6 w/ female householder 54
Now compare the Poverty rates for . . .
A married black man
A white single mother
of young children
An American of
Austrian descent
(married)
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29. (1.6 %) Now compare the Poverty rates for . . . A married black man
Bachelor's degree or more
3.7
Married couples
5.5
Employed
6.1
Non-Hispanic Whites
8.6
Foreign-born citizens
10.2
Families
10.3
Whites
11.2
Asians
11.6
All people
13.2
Single male householders
13.8
Children under 18 19
Children under 6
20.8
Hispanics
23.2
Foreign-born non-citizens
23.3
No high school graduation
23.6
Blacks
24.6
American Indians + Alaskans
25.3
Unemployed
28.3
Single female householders
31.4
Children under 6 w/ female householder 54
Now compare the Poverty rates for . . .
A married black man
A white single mother
of young children
An American of
Austrian descent
(married)
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31. Reagan/Bush 1
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32. Clinton
Reagan/Bush 1
Bush 2
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33. Americans who said they approved of interracial marriage:
Gallup Poll Findings / (1997)
Americans who said they approved of interracial marriage:
Whites: 70%
Blacks: 80%
Hispanics: 77%
(1958: whites - 4%)
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34. Americans who said they would vote for a black president:
Gallup Poll Findings / (1997)
Americans who said they would vote for a black president:
Whites: 91%
Blacks: 93%
Hispanics: -- (these results are from the 1997 survey when Hispanics were not asked separately)
(1958: blacks – 76%, whites - 35%)
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35. Americans who said they had close personal friends of other races:
Gallup Poll Findings / (1997)
Americans who said they had close personal friends of other races:
Whites: 82%
Blacks: 88%
Hispanics: 80%
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36. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said they prefer to work alongside a racially mixed group:
Whites: 82%
Blacks: 88%
Hispanics: --
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37. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said they prefer to live in a racially mixed neighborhood:
Whites: 57%
Blacks: 78%
Hispanics: 61%
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38. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said the civil rights movement was "extremely" or "very" important for the United States:
Whites: 79%
Blacks: 92%
Hispanics: 77%
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39. 1997 Levels of Satisfaction (% Satisfied)
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40. Gallup Poll Findings
“The trend data suggest that the gaps in satisfaction between whites and blacks on many of these measures have been narrowing significantly over time, and this marks one of the more significant findings of the study. “
(The gap is narrowing because black satisfaction levels have increased over the past years and white satisfaction levels have stayed about the same.)
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41. “The Millennium Breach”
This report was released by a private urban-policy group, the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Kerner report. It basically states that the Kerner predictions have come true.
“While leaders and pundits talk of full employment, inner city unemployment is at crisis levels. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and minorities are suffering disproportionately.”
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42. “The Millennium Breach”
Some statistics from the report:
The national unemployment rate is below 5%, but the rates for young African American men in places like south-central Los Angeles have topped 30%
The national incarceration rate of black men is four times higher than the same rate in South Africa under apartheid
The child poverty rate is four times the average of western European countries
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43. “The Millennium Breach”
Measures that work
Head Start
after-school youth centers
urban school reform
job training
inner city economic development
Measures that don’t
enterprise zones
prison construction
boot camps
supply-side economics
tax breaks for the rich
trickle-down theories
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