Watch the VideoGary Rivlin, Journalist and Author of BROKE USA, speaks about how the working poor became big businesses.
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"LET'S SAY THAT THE POVERTY INDUSTRY ISN'T POPULATED BY THE MOST PROGRESSIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY...ONE THING THIS BOOK TAUGHT ME IS THE POOR HAVE A LOT OF HELP STAYING POOR.
" – Gary Rivlin
Gary Rivlin, Journalist and Author of BROKE USA, speaks about how the working poor became big businesses.
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