Broke, USA, Gary Rivlin
Broke, USA, Gary Rivlin
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Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business

Author: Gary Rivlin

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/24/2010


Synopsis

From the author of the New York Times Notable Book of the Year Drive By comes a unique and riveting exploration of one of America’s largest and fastest-growing industries—the business of poverty. Broke, USA is a Fast Food Nation for the “poverty industry” that will also appeal to readers of Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed) and David Shipler (The Working Poor).

Author Bio

Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter and the author of five books, including Katrina: After the Flood. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Mother Jones, GQ, and Wired, among other publications. He is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for the New York Times. He lives in New York with his wife, theater director Daisy Walker, and two sons.

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