Meet Amanda Saint-Nick, a 20 year old student trying to make ends meet in NYC on minimum wage. I interviewed Amanda in Zuccotti Park in NYC in April of 2014.
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Poverty and Kids’ Brains
Recent research shows that being low socioeconomic status actually shrinks the surface areas of children’s brains. Although this is alarming, implications for policy are significant. We need to redistribute wealth back into the hands of the poor and working poor.
Income Inequality as Neglect of Children
Parents who don’t provide the basic necessities for their kids’ survival can be charged with child neglect. They can even lose their parental rights. What happens to societies who through their economic policies create situations where children and families do not have access to food or adequate shelter? How do we hold poor parents accountable while letting an abusive economy off the hook? Listen here: http://anthonyzenkus.com/Voice019.mp3
Capitalism and Child Development
The topic of income inequality has finally come to the fore, with pundits, policy-makers, and even plutocrats sounding the alarm. But why all the fuss? Isn’t a little inequality necessary to motivate that great American work ethic and keep the engine of capitalism churning? Seems the income inequality we’re dealing with now is the worst its been since 1928, right before the Great Depression. And I seem to remember hearing something in school about that not being such a great … →
