What's really interesting about that graph is that Obama's election is apparently an inflection point. It would be tough to prove whether it was going to start turning around with or without him, but it looks pretty clear that 2008 is when the growth in poverty started to decelerate and turn around.
What's really interesting about that graph is that Obama's election is apparently an inflection point. It would be tough to prove whether it was going to start turning around with or without him, but it looks pretty clear that 2008 is when the growth in poverty started to decelerate and turn around.