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So rich, so poor : why it's so hard to end poverty in America
Title:
So rich, so poor : why it's so hard to end poverty in America
Author:
Edelman, Peter B.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, [2012]

©2012
Physical Description:
xix, 184 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
Offers an informed analysis of how the United States can be so wealthy yet have an outsized number of unemployed and working poor.
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9781595587855
Format :
Book