Second, the bootstraps narrative often suggests that benefits programs are counterproductive because they foster “dependency.” That may have been a plausible argument a generation ago, but the ...

The Neuroscience of Bootstraps Human intelligence, motivation, ethics, behavior, and performance are predicated on a stunning milieu of factors, much of which has to do with each individual’s ...

The mythical bootstraps, the ones kids are supposed to pull themselves up by to overcome poverty, don’t exist. For starters, know this: The brain rewires itself based on experience all the time.

The Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 1989), pp. 93-107 (15 pages) Specific beliefs pertaining to wealth and poverty emanate from metatheories about socioeconomic inequalities. As ...

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If there is one person on the Food Network who has a “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” story — it’s Spice Goddess Bal Arneson. A lot has happened in the two years since I last ...