A framework for understanding poverty
by Ruby K. Payne · first published 1995
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I would recommend reading these books by one Ruby Payne which explore such differences in detail: A framework for understanding poverty: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1929229488/ Crossing the Tracks for Love: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/192922933X/ Hidden Rules of Class at Work: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1929229070/ In…
on “What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school?” ↗But that's not what happens. I recommend reading "A Framework for Understanding Poverty" by Ruby Payne. It's a really insightful book on the cycle of poverty and the incentives at work... anti-social punishment really isn't part of it.
on “Anti-social Punishment” ↗Yes, I meant the behavior pattern has been known, not the bio-chemical cause. Read A Framework For Understanding Poverty by Ruby Payne. It explains this phenomenon and the book dates to the 1990s. Basically that the stress of growing up in poverty stunts your ability to plan for the future and you choose immediate gratification…
on “Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits” ↗…life, then the money will be gone in a week or two (or less) and they'll struggle for the rest of the month until the next payday comes, and repeat the cycle again. [Edit: Cite for my last paragraph: A Framework For Understanding Poverty, Ruby K. Payne]
on “We Need a Basic Income Guarantee” ↗