Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.—How the Working Poor Became Big Business

· Harper Collins
5.0
2 reviews
Ebook
373
Pages

About this ebook

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).

Ratings and reviews

5.0
2 reviews
A Google user
May 10, 2012
As Publisher's Weekly says, a "superb expose" of the misery business: all those businesses like payday lenders and check cashers and rent-to-own purveyors who collectively make billions off the working poor.
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About the author

Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter and the author of nine books, including Katrina: After the Flood. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Fortune, GQ, and Wired, among other publications. He is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for the New York Times. He lives in New York with his wife, theater director Daisy Walker, and two sons.

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