 Many conservatives in the U.S. believe that poverty is mainly a result of bad personal decisions. African-Americans are especially likely to be blamed for their own poverty — an attitude that some political scientists call racial resentment. Stereotypes of so-called welfare queens have been a staple of Republican messaging for decades. But conservatives also attribute similar failings to poor white people. In a memorable 2016 article, National Review writer Kevin Williamson blamed divorce and substance abuse for the despair of the white working class. According to this perspective, if people were just to work hard; avoid drugs, alcohol and violence; and stop having children out of wedlock, poverty would be rare. But there is at least one rich country where people follow all of these prescriptions — where they work hard, avoid risky, self-destructive behavior and make wise life choices. That country is Japan. And it still has plenty of poverty. Read the whole thing. Trump's Racism Infests the Republican Party – Timothy L. O'Brien Can Someone Please Vote CNN Off the Stage? – Jonathan Bernstein Congress Has a Dangerous Idea for Your 401(k) – Ethan Schwartz How Long Can Real Conservatives Make Excuses for Trump? – Ramesh Ponnuru Cassettes Are Back, and It's Not About the Music – Leonid Bershidsky Stocks Are Telling Trump He Made a Big Mistake – John Authers The Death of India's Coffee King Should Be a Lesson – Mihir Sharma Who's Winning Trump's Trade War? No One So Far – Noah Smith The Hormuz Crisis Shows U.S. Alliances Are Weak – Leonid Bershidsky Saturday New Music Here are five new albums you can stream right now, including from Ty Segall and Russian Circles. This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the 10 most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week, based on web readership, with some other stuff thrown in. | 
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