{"product_id":"so-rich-so-poor-peter-edelman-9781595587855","title":"So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America","description":"If 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? \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Edelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595587853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595587855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/12\/2012 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/14\/2012 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012","brand":"Peter Edelman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985266245887,"sku":"9781595587855","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d7f9b8e-d0cb-4ae7-a4f6-0bc9d520a5bd.jpg?v=1683276542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/so-rich-so-poor-peter-edelman-9781595587855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}