Wow. Why in the world did WSJ publish this?
All he does is tell some unrelated anecdotes about his experiences working in Little Rock.
Given the headline, I was expecting something about, you know, what he learned. Possibly about what the causes or cure for poverty might be.
He learned little or nothing—people still are trying to force their way of thinking on to the poor. Poverty isn’t about lack of money—its a state of mind. Poor people do not think like rich people. To them its all instant gratification—thinking they can buy happyness. Buy things—TV sets, Big Screen, Music systems, feel good drugs, flashy clothes Bling, colorful cars—etc... I do not blame them. It is a different way of thinking—they can not or will not defer pleasure.