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Introduction / by Marion Crain and Arne L. Kalleberg -- Confronting poverty and declining opportunity -- Connecting the dots / by David K. Shipler -- Economic mobility in the United States: how much is there and why does it matter? / by Jared Bernstein -- The vanishing middle class / by Elizabeth Warren -- The forces undermining the American ...
Jun 1, 2009 · Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream Edited by John Edwards, Marion Crain and Arne L. Kalleberg The New Press. 2007. 304 pages. $25.95 cloth
- Daniel B. Cornfield
- 2009
Jun 9, 2009 · Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the tens of millions of Americans living in “near poverty”? In this...
- John Edwards, Marion Crain, Arne L. Kalleberg
- The New Press, 2009
- 1595587322, 9781595587329
Apr 30, 2007 · Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream. Hardcover – Illustrated, April 30, 2007. John Edwards puts a seminal issue back on the map, presenting blueprints for ending poverty in America.
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Ending Poverty in America is a clarion call to the nation for eliminating poverty, and offers an impressive array of approaches for doing so. The book, however, only alludes to the immense political struggle it will take to usher in a new era of federal social legislation for building a more comprehensive approach to poverty.
Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream. New York: New Press. ISBN: 978-1-59558-176-1 (cloth). Is poverty a fact of life?
Apr 2, 2007 · 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 business leaders.