:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Thursday, December 18, 2003 ::

GoodinEhrenreich01: "About 6 per cent of Dutch people experience poverty (defined as a disposable income less than 50 per cent of the national median) in any given year, but, when income is averaged over a decade, the proportion of poor people falls to 1 per cent. In the United States, about 18 per cent of households are poor in any given year, and averaging over a decade only reduces the proportion to 13 per cent. The finding that the United States has less social mobility than other advanced countries is well-established in the social science literature, but not reflected in popular rhetoric."

:: Jim Nichols 12/18/2003 04:41:00 PM [+] ::
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