Matthew Desmond is a Princeton University professor and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award. His ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Eviction for lack of ability to pay rent is a symptom of pernicious ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Toby Walters is a financial writer, investor, and lifelong learner. He has a passion for analyzing economic and ...

A May research study from the University of Iowa highlights restricted access to nutritious food and poverty could cause ...

When you connect root causes to data, you start figuring out how to prevent a problem instead of being reactive to one.' ...

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News yesterday that the poverty rate has risen to 13.2%, its highest point in over a decade, was naturally met with consternation from pundits who speculated that the trends have deeper roots than the ...

Social scientists and public officials have long identified poverty as a “root cause” of crime or, at least, as a significant “risk factor.” Such a causal linkage was made by Roman emperor Marcus ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Poverty, combined with high levels of inflammation, was ...

Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a “bad parent problem,” but the ad suggests “the root causes may be different than you think.” This message ...