Karelis Responds to Me

From Charles Karelis, author of The Persistence of Poverty.

Here are some responses to critics who were kind enough to participate in Bryan Caplan’s “book club” on my The Persistence of Poverty. I am grateful to everyone who gave my ideas some attention, starting of course with Bryan, and I would be happy to continue the conversation if Bryan doesn’t mind forwarding other questions or rebuttals.

Caplan. “You say that single parenthood is not a “global and perennial” feature of poverty.  I su...