Summary: "A collection of compelling, hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Going for Broke, edited by Alissa Quart, Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and David Wallis, former Managing Director of EHRP, gives voice to a range of gifted writers for whom "economic precarity" is more than just...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2023

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Calarco, Jessica

Summary: "Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women -- women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. In this tour de force, acclaimed sociologist Jessica Calarco lays bare the devastating consequences of our status quo. Holding It Together...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2024

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Driscoll, John

Summary: "Pay the People! argues that when workers are paid fairly, everyone, including businesses, benefits"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 331.2 DRI