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The article discusses how the U.S. federal government can address the problem of poverty in the country. It commends government programmes for helping poor people in the country. The problem has been attributed to the lack of intervention. According to statistics, 40 million people are poor in 2017 and a fifth of children remain poor after government benefits.

The article explores the transfer of the concentration of poor people in the suburbs in the U.S. It attributes the changing geography of poverty to the declining median household income and the mismanagement of city finances. The effect of increasing housing costs and income inequality on the condition of poor people is discussed, as well as the rising number of poor children in cities across the country.

The article discusses child poverty in Japan, including the impact that dropping out of school has on poverty, poor children's eating of junk food and the impact of low-paid jobs of parents on child poverty.