市场与婚姻：关于美国贫困成因近期著作的多学科多书综述
Of Markets and Marriages: A Multidisciplinary, Multi-book Review Essay of Recent Work on the Causes of US Poverty
Journal of Economic Literature · 2025 · [{"name": "Elizabeth Ananat", "affiliation": ["Columbia University", "Barnard College"]}]
中文摘要
在这个也许是世界历史上最富裕的国家，为何仍有如此多的人为获取基本生活必需品而挣扎？显然，仅仅增加市场上生产的商品和服务总量，并不能解决这一核心问题。我回顾了经济学内外旨在理解美国贫困持续存在这一现象的新近研究。特别聚焦于 Desmond（2023）和 Kearney（2023）的研究，我提炼出这些研究中的假说，提出未来研究的有趣方向，并讨论潜在的政策含义。（JEL I26, I32, I38, J12, J13, J24）
Abstract
How is it that in perhaps the richest country in the history of the world such a large number of people struggle to acquire the basic necessities of life? Clearly, merely increasing the total quantity of goods and services produced in the market does not address this core problem. I review new work both inside and outside of economics that seeks to understand the persistence of poverty in the United States. With a particular focus on Desmond (2023) and Kearney (2023), I draw out the hypotheses in this work, suggest interesting avenues for future research, and discuss potential policy implications. ( JEL I26, I32, I38, J12, J13, J24)