Bishop, John; Formby, John; Zheng, Buhong - In: Review of Social Economy 57 (1999) 3, pp. 388-399
This paper comments on the work of Rector et al. (1999a, 1999b). The poverty lines implicit in their restrictive material deprivation approach are disputed and the claim that America has triumphed over poverty is rejected. Evidence is presented showing that poverty among the poorest Americans...