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

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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).

© 2010 Harper Business (Lydbog): 9780062049391

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Lydbog: 24. august 2010

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