Robert Rector
- in usa cresce la diseguaglianza: i più poveri guadagnano meno che in norvegia e olanda e danimarca
- attenzione. danimarca e canada sono paesi più liberisti degli usa, e l olanda segue a ruota. norvegia: naviga sul petrolio, esclusa da ogni chart
- pregiudizio: gli usa spendono poco in welfare e hanno più poveri
- gafinkel/rainwater. premessa: welfare: salute, istruzione, trasferimenti, previdenza sociale, voucher. domanda: chi spende di più nel welfare?
- usa: redistribuzione più accentuata. es sanità: ricchezza concentrata su vecchi e poveri. pensioni: concentrati sui bisognosi
- puro welfare statale: usa terzi (tra i più ricchi)
- spesa welfare complessiva: usa primi (spesa doppia rispetto all europa).
- spesa per i poveri: usa tra i primi.
- usa per i poveri: spesa concentrata in education e health
- l alto tasso di povertà usa è riferito alla povertà relativa. impossibile fare cfr con qs standard
- proposta di altro standard: prendere una soglia di reddito (considerando anche voucher, tasse e programmi) e fare confronti
- risultato: usa meglio di gb ma peggio dei continentali. ma le differenze sono estremamente contenute
- nelle statistiche lo sforzo dei programmi usa mean testing sono di solito estromesse.
- condizione dei poveri negli usa: "typical poor family in the U.S. has air-conditioning, a car, and cable or satellite TV. Half of the poor have computers, 43 percent have Internet, and 40 percent have a wide-screen plasma or LCD TV. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that only 4 percent of poor children were hungry for even a single day in the prior year because of a lack of funds for food. Only 7 percent of poor households are over-crowded. The average poor American has more living space than the average, non-poor individual living in Sweden, France, Germany, or the United Kingdom. By his own report, the average poor person had sufficient funds to meet all essential needs and was able to obtain medical care for his family throughout the year whenever needed.
- sommario. 80 percent of poor households have air conditioning. In 1970, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning. 92 percent of poor households have a microwave. Nearly three-fourths have a car or truck, and 31 percent have two or more cars or trucks. Nearly two-thirds have cable or satellite TV. Two-thirds have at least one DVD player, and 70 percent have a VCR. Half have a personal computer, and one in seven have two or more computers. More than half of poor families with children have a video game system, such as an Xbox or PlayStation. 43 percent have Internet access. One-third have a wide-screen plasma or LCD TV. One-fourth have a digital video recorder system, such as a TiVo
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