Good Law | Bad Law

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and professor, Mark Robert Rank, of Washington University in St. Louis, to discuss poverty, the myths surrounding economic inequality and myth perpetuation, the notion of hard work, and effective approaches to “fixing” our poverty problem. Aaron and Mark also discuss Professor Rank’s newest co-authored book on the topic, Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty.   Why does poverty exist in the United States? Mark and Aaron delve into this question and others as they try to tackle the myths, rhetoric and complexities of poverty in the United States. Touching on demography, stereotypes, infrastructure, jobs, Presidential administrations, and more, Aaron and Mark break down what it is that people need to know about poverty in the U.S., what the solutions might be, and what the cost, reach, and impact of poverty is on all of us. What are the myths of poverty? Who benefits from