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So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard To End Poverty In America (2012)

by Peter Edelman(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1595587853 (ISBN13: 9781595587855)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

New Press, The

review 1: An incredibly helpful historical review of the economics and social drivers of current public assistance programs. I have a better understanding of the reasons why things are as they are and can understand the logic. The federal government wants to reduce the amount of people living in poverty and extreme poverty by providing tax benefits and public assistance to compliment faith based and nonprofit outreach.Still want more understanding about the generational nature of poverty, but these kinds of readings help paint a picture.
review 2: This is a surprising book, it's almost a biography of the fight against poverty in this country, told by someone who's been through a good part of it. Edelman does an excellent job using facts and figures to paint a none too ... morepretty picture of poverty in the United States from the late 1960s to the present day (approximately 2010). Even if you don't agree with his proposed solutions, Edelman does a a great job of portraying the scope of the problem in a very human way. Numbers and statistics are provided to back everything up and it would be very easy for the book to rely so heavily on numbers that it becomes easy for the reader to forget that these are real people, but Edelman does a great job of keeping things grounded, and keeping the human element at the center. less

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