Archive: Poverty

• WCP: White Trash, Hillbillies, and Middle-Class Stereotypes

  Why is it that every U.S. presidential election brings a renewed focus on the white working class? Two new books that shed light on this otherwise neglected demographic - White Trash: The 400-Year U

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Hillbilly Elegy, Jack Metzgar, JD Vance, John Russo, Nancy Isenberg, Poverty, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, White Trash, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Poverty and Precarious Work

  Over the Labor Day weekend we celebrated workers and unions, but work itself is becoming increasingly precarious. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, John Russo argues that we should examine t

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Gig Economy, John Russo, Labor day, Neoliberalism, Poverty, Precarity, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: The Limits to Entrepreneurship: Why Innovation Won’t Solve Poverty

  One of the most frequently recited myths about poverty is that it can be solved through innovation and entrepreneurship. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Mark Popovich unravels that claim b

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Business, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, John Russo, Mark Popovich, Poverty, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives