Rethinking our Approach to Poverty | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

It's impossible for a government to successfully administer an anti-poverty program if it doesn't first have a clear definition for what poverty actually is. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is unveiling a new way of measuring poverty and deciding who should and shouldn't receive benefits -- one he hopes will set a national standard. We'll explore the plan and how local and federal governments decide who's poor and who's not.