You might have heard that Arkansas just passed a law requiring Medicare recipients to work or undergo job training. There are exemptions for those with children and for those with medical and other sorts of restrictions. See HERE.
But I assume that these people about to be "motivated" to work will join the low wage economy described by Ehrenreich.
Perhaps it is a cynical view, but my first thought about it was: "if you want any support from us, you must place yourself in the trap, and become an unwilling donor to the lifestyles of the better off."
Anyway, for Thursday, read all intros and prefaces and the first two chapters in Gilder's _Weath and Poverty_.
Take careful notes. You'll want them.
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