![]() ![]() That takes a gifted chronicler like Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David K. But researchers’ business isn’t telling the unique (if sadly familiar) stories of why particular people are poor and so often stay that way. Social scientists can document the multiple causes of poverty, calculate its social and personal costs, spot trends that public policymakers need to address, and assess remedial programs. ![]() Scramble the order of these chain links-or substitute mental illness or physical disability, an ill-timed divorce or disease, a criminal record, addiction, domestic violence, or teen pregnancy-and the results look much the same. Dropping out of high school leads to the lowest-paid and least secure jobs, which can mean frequent stints of unemployment, which can unravel family finances and end health insurance coverage, strain relationships, and perpetuate poverty’s grip. The kind of poverty that’s hardest to shake is overdetermined. ![]()
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