Broke, USA

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

Ranked #79 in Macroeconomics

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). less

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