So rich, so poor : why it's so hard to end poverty in America / Peter Edelman.
By: Edelman, Peter B
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TextPublisher: New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174)and index.Description: xix, 184 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781595587855 (hbk. : alk. paper); 1595587853 (hbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Poverty -- United States | Poor -- Government policy -- United States | United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century | United States -- Social policy -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 339.4/60973 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 339.460973 Ed276 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284001014463 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174)and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A snapshot of our current mess -- What we have accomplished -- Why are we stuck? -- Jobs : the economy and public policy go south (for most of us) -- Deep poverty : a gigantic hole in the safety net -- Concentrated poverty : "the abandoned" -- Young people : improving the odds -- Conclusion.
Offers an informed analysis of how the United States can be so wealthy yet have an outsized number of unemployed and working poor.
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