“…The latest edition of UNICEF’s report on child poverty showed the United States ranks second out of 35 developed countries on the scale of what economists call “relative child poverty” -
- with 23.1 percent of its children living in poverty.
Only Romania ranked higher.
It was another shameful reminder that as economist Sheldon Danziger put it -
- “Among rich countries, the U.S. is exceptional.
We are exceptional in our tolerance of poverty.”..”
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