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03873aam a2200433 i 4500 001 AC2FC2D29CE611EBB75D4FB72EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210414010010 008 200828s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020039392 020 $a 0190881380 020 $a 9780190881382 035 $a (OCoLC)1181837821 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NWQ $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV91 $b .R364 2021 082 00 $a 362.50973 $2 23 100 1 $a Rank, Mark R., $e author. 245 10 $a Poorly understood : $b what America gets wrong about poverty / $c by Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, and Heather E. Bullock. 246 30 $a What America gets wrong about poverty 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a viii, 242 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Chapter 21: Creating Change. $t Chapter 2: Most Americans Will Experience Poverty -- $t Chapter 3: The Poor Tend to Live Outside of Impoverished Inner City -- $t Chapter 4: Poverty Spells Are Short but Frequent -- $t Chapter 5: Whites Comprise the Largest Racial Group Experiencing Poverty -- $t Section II: Why Is There Poverty? -- $t Chapter 6: Hard Work is Not Sufficient -- $t Chapter 7: Raising Education and Skill Levels Will Not Solve Poverty Alone -- $t Chapter 8: Decision Making is Constrained for Those With Fewer Resources -- $t Chapter 9: Poverty is Preventable -- $t Section III: What Is the Cost of Poverty? -- $t Chapter 10: America's Poor Are Worse Off than Elsewhere -- $t Chapter 11: The Economic Cost of Poverty Is Enormous -- $t Chapter 12: The Moral Ground to View Poverty Is Injustice -- $t Section IV: Does Welfare Work? -- $t Chapter 13: The U.S. Welfare State is Minimal -- $t Chapter 14: Welfare Fraud is Scarce -- $t Chapter 15: Government Programs Can Reduce Poverty -- $t Section V: How Extensive Is Inequality? -- $t Chapter 16: The U.S. is No Longer a Land of Upward Mobility and Opportunity -- $t Chapter 17: The Playing Field is Uneven -- $t Chapter 18: Inequality Matters -- $t Section VI: Pulling It Together -- $t Chapter 19: Why Do the Myths Persist? -- $t Chapter 20: Reshaping Social Policy -- $t Chapter 21: Creating Change. 520 $a To our knowledge, Poorly Understood is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Throughout each of our careers we have encountered these myths on a routine basis. They can be found virtually everywhere -- from the political rhetoric emanating out of the highest office in the land to the neighborhood gossip down the street. It would seem as if everyone has a heated opinion about the poor, with the heat rising even higher when the topic of welfare is thrown into the mix. Yet as we shall see throughout these chapters, the realities of poverty are much different than the myths. In many ways they are more disturbing. The idealized image of American society is one of abundant opportunities, with hard work being rewarded by economic prosperity. Consequently, those who fail to get ahead have only themselves to blame according to this argument. It is within this context that America thinks of itself as a fair and meritocractic society in which people get what they deserve in life -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Poor. 650 0 $a Poverty. 650 0 $a Public welfare. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions. 700 1 $a Eppard, Lawrence M., $e author. 700 1 $a Bullock, Heather E., $e author. 941 $a 3 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022704.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20220721010143.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210414010041.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AC2FC2D29CE611EBB75D4FB72EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search