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Synopsis
Rank, who teaches social work at Washington U. in St. Louis, has spent a lot of time studying the state of being poor. Here he unravels the paradox of why one of the world's wealthiest nations leads the industrialized world in poverty. He debunks many common myths Americans hold about the poor, showing that the fundamental causes of poverty are to be found in the US economic structure and political policy failures rather than individual shortcomings or attitudes. In fact, he finds, a significant proportion of Americans will experience poverty in their lifetimes. He also provides a framework for addressing the problem. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR