ISBN:
0375708219
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 329 S.
Edition:
1. Vintage Books ed.
DDC:
305.5690973
Keywords:
Classe ouvrière
;
Condition économique
;
Pauvre
;
Pauvreté
;
Salaire
;
Travailleur
;
aPoor
;
zUnited States
;
aWorking class
;
zUnited States
;
xEconomic conditions
;
aWorking class
;
zUnited States
;
xFinance, Personal
;
aCost and standard of living
;
zUnited States
;
aWages
;
zUnited States
;
aIncome
;
zUnited States
;
aDebt
;
zUnited States
;
Arbeitnehmer
;
Arbeiterklasse
;
Armut
;
États-Unis
;
USA
;
USA
;
Arbeitnehmer
;
Armut
;
USA
;
Arbeiterklasse
;
Armut
Abstract:
"David Shipler journeys deeply into the lives of individual store clerks and factory workers, farm laborers and sweatshop seamstresses, illegal immigrants in menial jobs and Americans saddled with immense student loans and paltry wages. They are known as the working poor." "Braced by hard fact and personal testimony, he unravels the forces that confine people in the quagmire of low wages. And unlike most works on poverty, this book also offers compelling portraits of employers struggling against razor-thin profits and competition from abroad. With pointed recommendations for change that challenge Republicans and Democrats alike, The Working Poor stands to make a difference."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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