This episode of "This American Life," examines the growth in federal disability payments and how this reflects the growing lack of economic opportunity in non-college educated America. One of the mot valuable parts of this episode is not the quantitative analysis offered but the qualitative depiction of life in struggling economic communities presented through interviews of the people in those communities. This episode also delves into the complexities of the legal industry built up behind federal disability programs and their role as a welfare replacement.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/490/trends-with-benefits
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