So rich, so poor
Subtitle: why it's so hard to end poverty in America
By: Peter Edelman
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by Perseus Distribution
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781595587855
Subjects: Social conditions; Poverty; Social policy; Poor; Government policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: A snapshot of our current mess; title: What we have accomplished; title: Why are we stuck?; title: Jobs : the economy and public policy go south (for most of us); title: Deep poverty : a gigantic hole in the safety net; title: Concentrated poverty : "the abandoned"; title: Young people : improving the odds; title: Conclusion.