This Is Why You're Poor

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/secondthought Check out our most recent Deprogram episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/thedeprogram/episod... We've all heard poverty described as a "mindset" or a "moral failing," but those claims don't hold up to scrutiny when you start to look into it. In this episode we'll take a look at the real causes of poverty, and why it persists in capitalist economies. This Is Why You're Poor – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every other Friday! Citations and Further Reading: SOURCES Hakim’s video    • This Poverty Graph Is Lying To You   My video on meritocracy    • The Myth Of Upward Mobility   My video on recessions    • The Truth About Recessions   My video on Elon Musk (collab w/ More Perfect Union)    • How Elon Musk Got Rich: The $230 Billion M...   Poverty and recessions https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Ce... Ten wealthiest men doubling their wealth during the pandemic https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releas... 23% of workers work in low paying jobs https://data.oecd.org/earnwage/wage-l... Over 400,000 Americans work two full-time jobs. And nearly 8 million Americans have two or more job positions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2... Over 7 million Americans are working part-time involuntarily https://money.cnn.com/2014/11/20/news... Low wage work characteristics https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/sites/mai... Rent unaffordability https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/full-... https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/... The cost of fuel and utilities https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/ma... The cost of healthcare https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/09/ameri... Dr. Devon Price on laziness in the office    • Author, "Laziness Does Not Exist"   The history of laziness   / the-racist-exploitative-history-of-laziness   Why Americans Hate Welfare https://www.degruyter.com/document/is... Reserve army of labor explained https://jacobin.com/2023/03/karl-marx... https://jacobin.com/2016/12/full-empl... https://jacobin.com/2021/02/laziness-... More on laziness, hard work, and poverty   / 5-insights-for-resisting-the-laziness-lie   \  / laziness-does-not-exist      • Hard work is a grift.      • Why Being Delusional is a Superpower   https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/vi... https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter:   / _secondthought   Patreon:   / secondthought   BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondth... CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads:    • Playlist   Spaaaaaace!:    • Playlist   What If...:    • Playlist   Popular Videos:    • Popular Videos | Second Thought   About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: [email protected]