in the post-crash world of today, a good education may not keep you from hovering near the poverty line. The number of people with graduate degrees receiving food assistance or other forms of federal aid nearly tripled between 2007 and 2010, and those with a Ph.D. who received assistance rose from 9,776 to 33,655. More specifically, at least 28 percent of households that used food stamps in 2013 were headed by a person with at least some college education. This proportion was 8 percent in 1980, according to an analysis by University of Kentucky economists. This
