{"product_id":"poverty-for-profit-how-corporations-get-rich-off-americas-poor-hardcover","title":"Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America's Poor - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eMs. \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine Most Anticipated Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA devastating investigation into the \"corporate poverty complex\"--the myriad businesses that profit from the poor \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and affordable housing vouchers and subsidies. States and local governments spend tens of billions more. Ironically, these enormous sums fuel the \"corporate poverty complex,\" a vast web of hidden industries and entrenched private-sector interests that profit from the bureaucracies regulating the lives of the poor. From bail bondsmen to dialysis providers to towing companies, their business models depend on exploiting low-income Americans, and their political influence ensures a thriving set of industries where everyone profits except the poor, while U.S. taxpayers foot the bill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePoverty for Profit\u003c\/em\u003e, veteran journalist Anne Kim investigates the multiple industries that infiltrate almost every aspect of the lives of the poor--health care, housing, criminal justice, and nutrition. She explains how these businesses are aided by public policies such as the wholesale privatization of government services and the political influence these industries wield over lawmakers and regulators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupported by original investigative reporting on the lesser-known players profiting from the antipoverty industry, \u003cem\u003ePoverty for Profit\u003c\/em\u003e adds a crucial dimension to our understanding of how structural inequality and structural racism function today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Kim\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, lawyer, and public policy expert with a long career in Washington, DC-based think tanks working in and around Capitol Hill. She is also a contributing editor at \u003cem\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, where she was a senior writer. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGoverning\u003c\/em\u003e, TheAtlantic.com, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDemocracy\u003c\/em\u003e, and numerous other publications. The author of \u003cem\u003eAbandoned: America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press), she lives in northern Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748316119328,"sku":"9781620977811","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2140b1b00769091928b7e98334fe8b22.webp?v=1779907979","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poverty-for-profit-how-corporations-get-rich-off-americas-poor-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}