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The Real Cause of Poverty with Matthew Desmond

Factually! with Adam Conover

CHAPTER

The War on Poverty and Great Society

The War on Poverty Great Society, these did things like establish food aid permanently and expand social security benefits. These were really serious deep investments in the poorest families in America. But then as unions got weak and wages started stagnating, our jobs got a lot worse. And those programs had to work harder for us to kind of stay in the same place.

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