by David K. Shipler
A very well put together study of poverty in the US. Uses life stories alongside statistics to illustrate that poverty isn't a simple problem and that neither the political left or right fully describes the problems or possible solutions.
A powerful examination of the poverty right under our noses here in the US, people who work and live near us but are struggling to get by and how the system contributes to their failure and keeps them slaves of poverty. An important, well written book.
Five years ago it was pretty horrible to be poor in the US. It is even worse now, when we're at the greatest disparity between rich and poor since before the Great Depression. I just want to shake people's lapels and yell "It's always the economy, stupid." I'm afraid all I'd get are blank stares.
This is a depressing account of many individuals who are afflicted with poverty and are, with exceptions, unable to escape. The book provides considerable ammunition for the view that the poor are kept there by an uncaring and hostile society. From the tales and analyses emerge nuggets of potential ...
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