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Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.: How the Working Poor Became Big Business

Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.: How the Working Poor Became Big Business - Paperback

by Gary Rivlin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gary RivlinPublish date:2011-06-07Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper BusinessISBN-13:9780061733208ISBN-10:61733202UPC:9780061733208Book Category:Social Science, Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Poverty & Homelessness, Economics, United StatesBook Topic:Social & Behavioral, 21st CenturySize:7.98 x 5.45 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCG3WSQ3T5
From the author of the New York Times Notable Book of the Year Drive By comes a unique and riveting exploration of one of America's largest and fastest-growing industries--the business of poverty. Broke, USA is a Fast Food Nation for the "poverty industry" that will also appeal to readers of Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed) and David Shipler (The Working Poor).
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper BusinessISBN-13:9780061733208ISBN-10:61733202UPC:9780061733208Book Category:Social Science, Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Poverty & Homelessness, Economics, United StatesBook Topic:Social & Behavioral, 21st CenturySize:7.98 x 5.45 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCG3WSQ3T5
Rivlin, Gary: -

Gary Rivlin is the author of Fire on the Prairie, Drive By (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), and The Plot to Get Bill Gates. A two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner, he has been a reporter for the New York Times, Chicago Reader, and other publications, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Wired, and elsewhere.

Publisher: Harper Business

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