Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
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.
Guests
- Ron Haskins Senior Fellow, Economic Studies and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution; Majority Staff Director, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2000)
- Douglas Besharov Director, the Welfare Reform Academy, a joint project of American Enterprise Institute and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy
- Linda Gibbs Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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