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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets and authorize its corporations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Desmond, Matthew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, [2023].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Poverty > United States.
Poverty > Prevention.
Poor > United States.
United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Economic policy.
Poverty.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness.
Informational works.
Table of Contents:
  • The kind of problem poverty is
  • Why haven't we made more progress?
  • How we undercut workers
  • How we force the poor to pay more
  • How we rely on welfare
  • How we buy opportunity
  • Invest in ending poverty
  • Empower the poor
  • Tear down the walls.