$2.00 a Day
Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer
239 pages
The story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists--from a leading national poverty expert who "defies convention" (New York Times)
This book provides a critical look at the welfare reforms under Reagan and Clinton, revealing how these changes created significant gaps in the social safety net, often driven by political compromise and misleading public relations.