{"product_id":"so-rich-so-poor-why-its-so-hard-to-end-poverty-in-america-9781595587855","title":"So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Edelman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Poverty \u0026amp; Homelessness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the nation's gross national income--over $14 trillion--were divided evenly across the entire U.S. population, every household could call itself middle class. Yet the income-level disparity in this country is now wider than at any point since the Great Depression. In 2010 the average salary for CEOs on the S\u0026amp;P 500 was over $1 million--climbing to over $11 million when all forms of compensation are accounted for--while the current median household income for African Americans is just over $32,000. How can some be so rich, while others are so poor? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative book, Peter Edelman, a former top aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a lifelong antipoverty advocate, offers an informed analysis of how this country can be so wealthy yet have a steadily growing number of unemployed and working poor. According to Edelman, we have taken important positive steps without which 25 to 30 million \u003ci\u003emore\u003c\/i\u003e people would be poor, but poverty fluctuates with the business cycle. The structure of today's economy has stultified wage growth for half of America's workers--with even worse results at the bottom and for people of color--while bestowing billions on those at the top. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSo Rich, So Poor\u003c\/i\u003e delves into what is happening to the people behind the statistics and takes a particular look at the continuing crisis of young people of color, whose possibility of a productive life too often is lost on their way to adulthood. This is crucial reading for anyone who wants to understand the most critical American dilemma of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47999712002199,"sku":"9781595587855","price":1813.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781595587855.webp?v=1783601496","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/so-rich-so-poor-why-its-so-hard-to-end-poverty-in-america-9781595587855","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}