Dec
3
2008
Brookings Forum: Confronting Concentrated Poverty in Tough Economic Times
Posted by VACAP Archives at 1:28 PM Press Releases
At a forum hosted by the Federal Reserve Board to discuss a new joint Fed/Brookings report on concentrated poverty in America, Alan Berube discussed the importance of focusing on policies that can help poor people in very poor places, particularly in the context of a severe downturn and in light of the significant stimulus/recovery package being created to boost the economy.