Poverty Theater and the Benefit Cliff
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.
Add to basket failed.
Please try again later
Add to Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Remove from Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Poverty Theater and the Benefit Cliff
-
Narrated by:
-
By:
About this listen
In this episode, Quintin Dukes breaks down poverty theater, a system that promises opportunity while maintaining dependency. He explains the benefit cliff, where small income gains result in major losses of public support, effectively trapping families in survival mode.
Dukes critiques the nonprofit industrial complex, arguing that poverty has become an industry rather than a problem to solve. Through personal observation and structural analysis, he challenges listeners to distinguish between performative solutions and real economic exit strategies.
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.