One of the things that Abramsky says that points to his thesis perfectly is "There are people with no high school education who are poor, but there are also university graduates on food bank lines. " Abramsky's The American Way of Poverty gave me insight that there are many sub-group of poverty in America and without a major social reform we will see no improvement. .
Card, D. (2013). Native Poverty and the Labor Market. Immigration, Poverty, and .
Socioeconomic Inequality (pp. 29-60). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
In Immigration, poverty, and socioeconomic inequality David Card explores economic disadvantages in the United States and how population trends and socioeconomic segregation play a role in these disadvantages. In addition Card shows how labor market competition due to a rise in immigration vastly impacts local income. HE goes into depth and assess whether or not the costs outweigh the benefits of the recent spike of immigration into the United States. Card goes into the government's ineffective execution of immigration reform. Card also shows that immigrants are forced to take low income jobs and are ultimately denied basic human rights that the government claims to afford to everyone. Card calls for the change of policy in both immigration and poverty. .
Card had thoroughly researched the topic of poverty and inequality. The book is well written and offers many alternate sources of information. .
This read was very helpful to me because Card discussed another point of view that I had not considered and that is outside of the governments lack of support, impoverished people are stuck in the same self-perpetuating cycle that keeps them below the poverty line. By using real life examples you're able to look past typical stereotypes and clichés of what poverty looks like. .
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Poverty. TIME. Retrieved from http://time.
