Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream
Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2007 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 304 ISBN: 1595581766 John Edwards puts a seminal issue back on the map, presenting blueprints for ending poverty in America. "This is one of the great moral issues of our time. The day after Katrina hit, new government statistics showed that 37 million Americans live in poverty, up for the fourth year in a row." ?Senator John Edwards Is poverty a fact of life? Can the wealthiest nation in the world do nothing to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty?or the 50 million Americans living in "near poverty"? Senator John Edwards and some of the country's most prominent scholars, businesspeople, and community activists say otherwise. Published in conjunction with one of the country's leading anti-poverty centers, Ending Poverty in America brings together some of America's most respected social scientists, including William Julius Wilson, Katherine S. Newman, and Richard B. Freeman, alongside journalists, neighborhood organizers, and...
