P&C drink and review Pigweed’s Silky Well Digger Porter, then discuss the poor.
What contributes to poverty? Does poverty cause bad neighborhoods? Do bad neighborhoods cause poverty? What makes poverty persist in an area?
A recent study shows a correlation between poor neighborhoods and less impulse control and less ability to delay gratification. Can you catch poverty from your neighborhood?
Are better programs and better policies able to fix poverty? (How did the war on poverty work out?)
On the other hand, are there steps people can take to stay out of poverty?