Darrell Agee
Economics 132
Professor Ben Young
Report 2
Poverty is “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or
means of support; condition of being poor” (Poverty). “Nearly 47 million
Americans are living in poverty, unchanged since the worst of the recession,”
(Casselman, 2015). The recession led many people to fall upon hard times
forcing some to fall into poverty. Since the recession there has not been a full
recovery. Many individuals and families are still hurting and are having a hard
time finding jobs to provide for their household. “The recession has brought the
