Böcker av Mark Robert Rank

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty - namely, that the wealthiest country in the world also has the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations - has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century. In The Poverty Paradox, Mark Rank, one of the nation's leading authorities on the subject, offers a unique analysis to arrive at a compelling answer and from there he suggests potential policy solutions.

This acclaimed book powerfully depicts a side of the welfare experience rarely seen, dispelling the myth that only an urban underclass -- the center of most policy debate -- struggles on welfare. Rank's juxtaposition of numbers and faces demonstrates that welfare recipients share much in common with the rest of the population.