Luke Shaefer

Luke Shaefer, Alford A. Young Jr., and Michael S. Barr,  discuss some of the ways that policymakers and communities are attempting to combat poverty during this crisis. July 2020.

Are women more likely than men to be in deep poverty, official poverty, and near poverty? Yes, yes, and yes.

Broderick Johnson, Luke Shaefer and Brian Jacob discuss the importance of investments in youth and young adults. January, 2018.

Arthur Brooks, president of American Enterprise Institute, talks poverty & public policy followed by a conversation with Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions, and community Q&A. October, 2017.

Watch the U.S. Senate Finance Committee testimony of Luke Shaefer as he talks about poverty in the United States and his book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America"

The authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer, of the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," discuss the major themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States. October, 2015.