Sheldon H. Danziger: The Mismeasure Of Poverty

We are officially losers in the war on poverty.      THE Census Bureau reported yesterday that the poverty rate in America held stable between 2011 and 2012, at about 15 percent. According to the official measure, poverty today is higher than it was in 1973, when it reached a historical low of 11.1 percent.  To many, this dismaying fact     ... MORE