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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (488822)5/28/2012 12:44:00 AM
From: Sr K  Read Replies (2) of 794169
 
I agree. After I read the second page, I realized she was self-promoting. People who write books are almost never open-minded enough to say the book was wrong or nothing new.

Now with Romney citing her work, she can't change her previously published conclusions even if she wants to.

I don't believe the article's conclusion, what "Ron Haskins and [she] learned ... that if individuals do just three things — finish high school, work full time and marry before they have children — their chances of being poor drop from 15 percent to 2 percent."

The recession and uneven recovery have distorted those measures. To be fair, they should be studied over 2 complete economic cycles, and preferably not just for the United States. Following workers in 5-6 countries over multiple Economic Cycles, even using data from 1991 to now, would be a fair start.
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