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.
The ideas expressed in City Club forums are those of the speakers, and not of the City Club, Ideastream Public Media, or their sponsors.
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