Related topics
Before choosing our topic for the blog we brainstormed to have more variety and points of view which are reflected in the conceptual map of Figure 1.
Figure 1: Concept map with different branches about poverty
Authorities
Previous findings: Timeline
There are issues that have notoriously affected the economy of the United States in recent years so in Figure 2 we see a timeline with the main antecedents.
Figure 2: Causes of poverty
Further reading: References
- 9 Top Reasons for Poverty in the United States—Life And My Finances. (n.d.). Retrieved October 31, 2019, from https://lifeandmyfinances.com/2015/11/9-top-reasons-for-poverty-in-the-united-states/
- Sauter, S. S., Michael B. (n.d.). 50 million Americans live in poverty—Here are the poorest towns in every US state. Retrieved October 31, 2019, from Business Insider website: https://www.businessinsider.com/poorest-towns-in-every-us-state-2018-9
- Alterman, E. (2014). Arguments for “Inequality.” Nation, 298(6), 10–11.
- Fighting poverty in America slowing despite recent economic recovery. (2019, October 31). Retrieved October 31, 2019, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/10/01/fighting-poverty-america-slowing-despite-recent-economic-recovery/1445296002/https://www.businessinsider.com/poorest-towns-in-every-us-state-2018-9
- Causes of Poverty in America. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPbLoRWrNQ4https://www.businessinsider.com/poorest-towns-in-every-us-state-2018-9
- Haveman, R. (n.d.). Causes of Poverty. 37.https://www.businessinsider.com/poorest-towns-in-every-us-state-2018-9
- Chavanne, D. (2018). Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Preferences for Income Redistribution. Social Science Quarterly, 99(3), 851–871. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12477https://www.businessinsider.com/poorest-towns-in-every-us-state-2018-9
- Chavanne, D. (2018). Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Preferences for Income Redistribution. Social Science Quarterly, 99(3), 851–871. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12477https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-costs-still-push-americans-into-poverty/
- Rector, R. (2019, October 31). How “Poor” are America’s Poor? Retrieved October 31, 2019, from The Heritage Foundation website: https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/how-poor-are-americas-poor
- Bureau, U. C. (2019, October 31). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2019, from https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-266.htmlhttps://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/how-poor-are-americas-poor
- Inequality and the Causes of Poverty in North America. (2018, February 4). Retrieved October 31, 2019, from BORGEN website: https://www.borgenmagazine.com/causes-of-poverty-in-north-america/
- Frank, J. M., & Rice, K. (2017). Perceptions of poverty in America: Using social empathy to reframe students’ attitudes. Social Work Education, 36(4), 391–402. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2017.1287261
- Policy, S. F. S. F. is a senior policy fellow at the C. for E., & Research. (2019, October 31). Perspective | The official U.S. poverty rate is based on a hopelessly out-of-date metric. Retrieved October 31, 2019, from Washington Post website: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/09/16/official-us-poverty-rate-is-based-hopelessly-out-of-date-metric/
- Poverty Facts | Poverty Solutions. (2019, October 31). Retrieved October 31, 2019, from https://poverty.umich.edu/about/poverty-facts/
- Poverty in America. (2019, October 31). Retrieved October 31, 2019, from Econlib website: https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PovertyinAmerica.html
- Poverty in the United States. (2019, October 31). Retrieved October 31, 2019, from Debt.org website: https://www.debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/poverty-united-states/
- Poverty USA. (2019, October 31). Retrieved October 31, 2019, from https://www.povertyusa.org/facts
- Alter, J., Contreras, J., Childress, S., Silver-Greenberg, J., Underwood, A., & Wingert, P. (2005). THE OTHER AMERICA. (Cover story). Newsweek, 146(12), 42–48.
- Levernier, W., Partridge, M. D., & Rickman, D. S. (2000). The Causes of Regional Variations in U.S. Poverty: A Cross-County Analysis. Journal of Regional Science, 40(3), 473–497. https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-4146.00184
- Structural causes of poverty. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87KwFm4NwyU
- War on Poverty | United States history | Britannica.com. (2019, October 31). Retrieved October 31,002019, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/War-on-Poverty
- Miller, R. (2018, October 28). What are the causes of poverty in America? Retrieved October 31, 2019, from The Independent | St George Cedar Zion Utah Mesquite NV News & Events website: http://suindependent.com/causes-poverty-america/https://www.britannica.com/topic/War-on-Poverty
A comparative of our references
to achieve a better way to select and use our references we organize them in a comparative table, which we see in Figure 3, to have a clearer vision and see which aspects had some and which did not.

Figure 3: Checklist about different topics in our references
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