“We wanted to describe society from our left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.” PeopleBookStatesStoriesShowsWantedPoliticalLeftViewsPovertyWrittenCrimeReaderPoint Of ViewWelfareOfficialsCopiesLayersRealisedBrutalitySwedenWelfare StateCriminality Author:Maj Sjowall
“To me the early childhood story is an ecumenical one. You take poverty seriously. You take seriously maternal depression. You take seriously children under stress and you take seriously the effects of extended hours participation in poor quality care. Those are the facts I begin with.” ChildrenFactsStoriesCareHoursPoorQualityPovertyChildhoodEffectsStressParticipationEarly ChildhoodUnder StressPoor QualityQuality Care Author:Robert Manne
“While some multimillionaires started in poverty, most did not. A study of the origins of 303 textile, railroad and steel executives of the 1870s showed that 90 percent came from middle- or upper-class families. The Horatio Alger stories of "rags to riches" were true for a few men, but mostly a myth, and a useful myth for control.” MenStoriesWealthClassPovertyStudyMiddlePercentMythRichesExecutivesSteelRagsRailroadsUpper ClassHoratioTextilesRags To Riches Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
“The issue I focus on the most is extreme poverty. I think it's kind of out of sight out of mind. I wish there would be more stories about that to connect people to what's happening. To personalize it, to make it real to people, to inspire them to action.” PeopleThinkingMindKindRealStoriesWould BeActionWishPovertyIssuesFocusInspireHappeningsSightExtremesExtreme PovertyOf Sight Out Of Mind Author:John Legend