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Author Abramsky, Sasha.

Title The American way of poverty : how the other half still lives / Sasha Abramsky.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Nation Books, [2013]

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.5 ABRAMSKY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  362.5097 ABR    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.5 AB83    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  362.5 A    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  362.5097 ABR    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.50973 ABRAMSKY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.5 AB82    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  362.5 ABRAMSKY    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.5 A161A    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.5 A161A c.2  DUE 05-26-21

Description xii, 355 pages ; 22 cm
Contents 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.
Summary "Fifty years after Michael Harrington published his groundbreaking book The Other America, in which he chronicled the lives of people excluded from the Age of Affluence, poverty in America is back with a vengeance. It is made up of both the long-term chronically poor and new working poor-the tens of millions of victims of a broken economy and an ever more dysfunctional political system. In many ways, for the majority of Americans, financial insecurity has become the new norm. The American Way of Poverty shines a light on this travesty. Sasha Abramsky brings the effects of economic inequality out of the shadows and, ultimately, suggests ways for moving toward a fairer and more equitable social contract. Exploring everything from housing policy to wage protections and affordable higher education, Abramsky lays out a panoramic blueprint for a reinvigorated political process that, in turn, will pave the way for a renewed War on Poverty. It is, Harrington believed, a moral outrage that in a country as wealthy as America, so many people could be so poor. Written in the way of the 2008 financial collapse, in an era of grotesque economic extremes, The American Way of Poverty brings that same powerful indignation to the topic"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index.
Subject Poverty -- United States.
Poor -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
Local Subject Poor people -- United States.
ISBN 9781568587264 hardback
1568587260 hardback
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