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

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Broke, USA

From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.—How the Working Poor Became Big Business

By: Gary Rivlin

eBook | 21 November 2023

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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).

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"[A] scathing, important book, Broke, USA... includes one shocking anecdote after another."

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