Economy Does The U.S. 'Make Poverty More Comfortable?' NPR Published January 14, 2014 at 9:48 AM MST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 11:43 Does The U.S. 'Make Poverty More Comfortable?' Listen • 11:43 Copyright 2014 NPR Corrected: January 14, 2014 at 10:00 PM MST In this story, we say Stephen Pimpare is a professor at Columbia University. Pimpare is a professor at New York University.