Talk:Theories of poverty

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Maybe you should put the photo of orphans in the poverty article (see Barriers to opportunities) after this comment in this article: "When it comes to poverty in the United States, there are two main lines of thought. The most common line of thought within the U.S. is that a person is poor because of personal traits." Stars4change (talk) 02:45, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ferdinand Lundberg said in "The Rich and the Super-Rich" "Nobody, first of all, would be rich if he had not been favored by circumstances. Favoring general circumstances in the United States have been: a naturally rich virgin continent, an enlarging widely skilled population, a basic law designed to facilitate private property under earlier purely agrarian-mercantile circumstances, an expanding technology that took multiplied advantages of agrarian-mercantile law and a plethora of PURCHASABLE officials!..." He lists more but the first sentence should be all that's needed. Stars4change (talk) 02:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

>> Pakistan's Thar residents living on the edge (Lihaas (talk) 17:54, 16 March 2014 (UTC)).[reply]

This page presents un-scientific theories on the causes of poverty. Some of these theories are racist and classist, such as that poverty is a personal failing. Further, consider that most of the citations point to an article or book published over 20 years ago.

Wik.ipedia.Pro already has a page on the causes of poverty, which is up to date and based upon scientific data. We should delete this page because there's already a better page, and frankly, the so-called theories are unscientific and classist. Mikewinters10 (talk) 13:28, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]