The American way of poverty how the other half still lives

Summary: Abramsky shows how poverty - a massive political scandal - is dramatically changing in the wake of the Great Recession.

Record details

ISBN: 9781568589558 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1568589557 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xii, 355 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: New York : Nation Books, c2013.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A scandal in the making -- The voices of poverty. Poverty in the land of the plutocrats ; Blame games ; An American dilemma ; The fragile safety net ; The wrong side of the tracks ; Stuck in reverse -- Building a new and better house. Why now? ; Shoring up the safety net ; Breaking the cycle of poverty ; Boosting economic security for the working poor ; Attention must be paid.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 4, 2013).