Social Scientists Katherine S

Multiple Choice

Social scientists Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen identified a group of Americans who are consistently overlooked by government policies. They call this group the near poor because these families

A) earn a middle-class income but can only afford homes in or adjacent to poor neighborhoods.
B) lost almost all of their inherited wealth during the 2007-2009 recession.
C) earn middle-class incomes but spend more than they make.
D) have earnings that put them above the poverty line but below the middle class.