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ALICE and Economic Hardship in the United States
ALICE and Economic Hardship in the United States
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61 minutes
Released:
Feb 11, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Stephanie Hoopes, National Director of United for ALICE, a research center founded at United Way of Northern New Jersey, talks about the ALICE program with Peoples & Thing host, Lee Vinsel. ALICE stands for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained Employed, and describes working households who can barely afford to make ends meet. The ALICE program repeatedly finds that about 40% of American households fits its criteria. Hoopes and Vinsel also the social structures and economic factors that contribute to ALICE, and how different populations are affected unequally by these factors.
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Released:
Feb 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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