Clayton Becker
@cnbecker14.bsky.social
PhD student at UCLA studying housing, local politics, public opinion, and how race runs through it all. @divasunglasses on TikTok. Yes, yes, I am another dude with a podcast: "Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition"
And the most recent congressional research service describes it like this:
"The purpose of these poverty measures when they were developed was to accurately measure economic privation rather than to describe the full complement of resources a person or family needs to be self-sufficient."
"The purpose of these poverty measures when they were developed was to accurately measure economic privation rather than to describe the full complement of resources a person or family needs to be self-sufficient."
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
And the most recent congressional research service describes it like this:
"The purpose of these poverty measures when they were developed was to accurately measure economic privation rather than to describe the full complement of resources a person or family needs to be self-sufficient."
"The purpose of these poverty measures when they were developed was to accurately measure economic privation rather than to describe the full complement of resources a person or family needs to be self-sufficient."
The original poverty measure was much more intended to measure insufficiency rather than sufficiency.
Orshansky put it like this: "if it is not possible to state unequivocally 'how much is enough,' it should be possible to assert with confidence how much, on an average, is too little."
Orshansky put it like this: "if it is not possible to state unequivocally 'how much is enough,' it should be possible to assert with confidence how much, on an average, is too little."
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The original poverty measure was much more intended to measure insufficiency rather than sufficiency.
Orshansky put it like this: "if it is not possible to state unequivocally 'how much is enough,' it should be possible to assert with confidence how much, on an average, is too little."
Orshansky put it like this: "if it is not possible to state unequivocally 'how much is enough,' it should be possible to assert with confidence how much, on an average, is too little."
Like, not to be a jerk here or anything, but I do actually think that the term poverty should describe actual poverty, which anyone should be able to see is *not* the condition of a family making $140k a year.
Are they totally free of any financial concern? No. Are they in poverty? Absolutely not.
Are they totally free of any financial concern? No. Are they in poverty? Absolutely not.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Like, not to be a jerk here or anything, but I do actually think that the term poverty should describe actual poverty, which anyone should be able to see is *not* the condition of a family making $140k a year.
Are they totally free of any financial concern? No. Are they in poverty? Absolutely not.
Are they totally free of any financial concern? No. Are they in poverty? Absolutely not.
We're recording in 30 minutes! Been a few weeks where our schedules were really badly aligned
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We're recording in 30 minutes! Been a few weeks where our schedules were really badly aligned
Air travel will never cease to amaze me.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Air travel will never cease to amaze me.
This is actually just a statistical artifact. Pounds Georg, who weights 200 billion pounds, is an outlier who would not have been counted
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is actually just a statistical artifact. Pounds Georg, who weights 200 billion pounds, is an outlier who would not have been counted
Guess DOGE must have ended the program huh?
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Guess DOGE must have ended the program huh?
This is a key reason why rising inequality it bad despite increasing incomes across the board.
The top 10% of consumers can outbid everyone for all the fun stuff!
The top 10% of consumers can outbid everyone for all the fun stuff!
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is a key reason why rising inequality it bad despite increasing incomes across the board.
The top 10% of consumers can outbid everyone for all the fun stuff!
The top 10% of consumers can outbid everyone for all the fun stuff!
It refers to things like taco seasoning mixes, tortillas and tortilla shells, salsa, refried beans, chiles, and such
October 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It refers to things like taco seasoning mixes, tortillas and tortilla shells, salsa, refried beans, chiles, and such
For democrats it's like: "Did this Democrat defraud the American people by speaking to an international audience in another language??"
Meanwhile for republicans it's like: "I mean sure he has ties to white nationalists but what can we reeaaally make of that fact exaaaactly?"
Meanwhile for republicans it's like: "I mean sure he has ties to white nationalists but what can we reeaaally make of that fact exaaaactly?"
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
For democrats it's like: "Did this Democrat defraud the American people by speaking to an international audience in another language??"
Meanwhile for republicans it's like: "I mean sure he has ties to white nationalists but what can we reeaaally make of that fact exaaaactly?"
Meanwhile for republicans it's like: "I mean sure he has ties to white nationalists but what can we reeaaally make of that fact exaaaactly?"