1. CHAPTERS 7 & 8

2. What is it? What does poverty do? Common characteristics –Nearness of death –Marginalization –Living on the edge The Cycle of Poverty –Barriers to full development

5. SOURCE: Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 33, February 18, 2005, pp. 8373-8375.

6. 2006 HHS Poverty Guidelines Persons in Family or Household 48 Contiguous States and D.C.AlaskaHawaii 1$ 9,800$12,250$11,270 213,20016,50015,180 316,60020,75019,090 420,00025,00023,000 523,40029,25026,910 626,80033,50030,820 730,20037,75034,730 833,60042,00038,640 For each additional person, add 3,400 4,250 3,910 SOURCE: Federal Register, Vol. 71, No. 15, January 24, 2006, pp. 3848-3849

7. Chronic Hunger Starvation Malnutrition

8. Literal meaning Hidden homeless

9. The Legacy of Colonialism Barriers to Development –Resource extraction –Government by the elite –Foreign aid problems –Discrimination –Arms sales The Debt Crisis

10.  Definition  True Development

11. Consumerism –What is it? –Article Christian Asceticism: Breaking Consumerism’s Destructive Hold The Wealth Gap –What is it? Poverty-Simplicity-Excess –Compare & ContrastCompare & Contrast Living in Solidarity –The Universal Destination of Goods –A Eucharistic Response

12. 1.Every economic decision and institution must be judged in light of whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person 2.Human dignity can be realized and protected only in community 3.All people have a right to participate in the economic life of society 4.All members of society have a special obligation to the poor and vulnerable 5.Human rights are the minimum conditions for life in community 6.Society as a whole, acting through public and private institutions, has the moral responsibility to enhance human dignity and protect human rights 1.What does the economy do for the people? 2.What does it do to people? 3.How do people participate in it?

13. SIMPLICITY *consciously chosen SIMPLICITY *nurtures human spirit *fosters sense personal empowerment *liberating EXCESS *voluntary *addictive & enslaving *fosters false sense self-esteem *cheapens human spirit POVERTY *involuntary *repressive & debilitating *fosters sense of helplessness, passivity, despair *degrades human spirit