The War on the Poor

A Defense Manual

Nancy Folbre and Randy Albelda

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An incisive look at poverty in this country.
This terrific compendium fully refutes every fathead, right-wing assertion you've ever heard about why poverty should be blamed on the poor.
— Molly Ivins
The War on the Poor counters attacks on the poor in the same lively, accessible style that made The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy a cult classic. Using charts, graphs, and political cartoons, The War on the Poor presents topics including middle-class welfare, "family" values, child support, teen poverty, the minimum wage, the underclass, orphanages, health, hunger, corporate welfare, block grants, private charity, work requirements, and incentives. It includes a comprehensive resource list of addresses and phone numbers of activist groups, lobbying organizations, information sources, and media contacts.

Randy Albelda is an associate professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.  She is the coauthor of Mink Coats Don't Trickle Down and Bottomless Pits and Glass Ceilings.

Nancy Folbre is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and coauthor (with The Center for Popular Economics) of The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy (The New Press) and Who Pays for the Kids?.
Political Science / Economics
Spring 1996
paperback
8 x 8, 144 pages
978-1-56584-262-5

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