ANP 220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Urban Renewal, Environmental Anthropology
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Wealth: the culture of poverty theory suggests that poverty is the result of an individual"s dysfunctional behaviors, attitudes, and values. Anthropologists have strongly challenged this idea, arguing that poverty is a structural problem. It results from uneven access to a college education. It results from poor decisions around urban renewal in the 1960s and 1970s. It results from dysfunctional aspects of the entire economic system. Half of the planet"s wealth is held by 2 percent of the world population, and 75 percent of the world total income is received by 20 percent of the population. Seventy-five percent of the planet"s wealth is held by 2 percent of the world population, and half of the world total income is received by 20 percent of the population. Half of the planet"s income is received by 2 percent of the world population, and 75 percent of the planet"s wealth is held by 20 percent of the population.
