Edin, Kathryn, 1962-

$2.00 a day : living on almost nothing in America / Two dollars a day Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer. - First Mariner Books edition. - xxiv, 210 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199) and index.

An assessment of poverty in America examines the survival methods employed by households with virtually no income to illuminate disturbing trends in low-wage labor and income inequality.

9780544811959

bl2016038391


Poverty--United States.
Income distribution--United States.
Poor--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Poverty--United States.
Income--United States.
Poor--Social conditions.--United States

HC110.P6 / E343 2016

339.4/60973 339.4