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Daniel L. Hatcher - The Poverty Industry. The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens.  - 9781479874729 - V9781479874729
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The Poverty Industry. The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens.

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Description for The Poverty Industry. The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens. Hardcover. Series: Families, Law, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; LNDU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.

The shocking truth about how state governments and their private industry partners are profiting from the social programs meant to support disadvantaged Americans

Government aid doesn’t always go where it’s supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected children. States and their revenue consultants use illusory schemes to siphon Medicaid funds intended for children and the poor into general state coffers. Child support payments for foster children and families on public assistance are converted into government revenue. And the poverty industry keeps expanding, leaving us ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Families, Law, and Society
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479874729
SKU
V9781479874729
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99-1

About Daniel L. Hatcher
Daniel L. Hatcher is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore.

Reviews for The Poverty Industry. The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens.
Hatcher exposes an urgent paradox at the heart of American governance: why, and how, are states and localities teaming up with corporations to squeeze profits from societys poorest? The Poverty Industry breaks fresh ground. Every American who cares about the intersection of private profits and public justice should read this book, and wrestle with its arguments. Hatcher marshals years of ... Read more

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