The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act allows people with disabilities who became disabled before they turned 26 to set aside up to $16,000 a year in tax-free savings accounts without affecting their eligibility for government benefits like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI...
The women of Jenkins reminded me of women I encountered while researching Oakley Plantation (Wilkie2000), who lived within a similar paternalistic economic arrangement, with the appearance of consumer choice being offered to the tenants, who were able to buy goods on the planters’ accounts in mul...