{"product_id":"2-00-a-day-living-on-almost-nothing-in-america-paperback","title":"$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn J. Edin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eH. Luke Shaefer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA New York Times Notable Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists--from a leading national poverty expert who \"defies convention.\" \u003cem\u003e(The New York Times) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jessica Compton's family of four would have no income if she didn't donate plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter, Brianna, in Chicago, often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends. \u003cbr\u003e After two decades of brilliant research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn't seen before--households surviving on virtually no cash income. Edin teamed with Luke Shaefer, an expert on calculating incomes of the poor, to discover that the number of American families living on $2.00 per person, per day, was one and a half million households, including about three million children. Where do these families live? How did they get so desperately poor? \u003cbr\u003e Through this book's eye-opening analysis and many compelling profiles, moving and startling answers emerge. $2.00 a Day delivers provocative ideas to our national debate on income inequality. \u003cbr\u003e \"Powerful . . . Presents a deeply moving human face that brings the stunning numbers to life. It is an explosive book . . . The stories will make you angry and break your heart.\"--American Prospect \u003cbr\u003e \"Harrowing . . . [An] important and heart-rending book, in the tradition of Michael Harrington's The Other America.\"--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Powerful . . . Presents a deeply moving human face that brings the stunning numbers to life. It is an explosive book . . . The stories will make you angry and break your heart. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jessica Compton s family of four would have no income if she didn t donate plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter, Brianna, in Chicago, often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After two decades of brilliant research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn t seen before households surviving on virtually no cash income. Edin teamed with Luke Shaefer, an expert on calculating incomes of the poor, to discover that the number of American families living on $2.00 per person, per day, has skyrocketed to one and a half million households, including about three million children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where do these families live? How did they get so desperately poor? Through this book s eye-opening analysis and many compelling profiles, moving and startling answers emerge. \u003ci\u003e$2.00 a Day\u003c\/i\u003e delivers new evidence and new ideas to our national debate on income inequality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Harrowing . . . [An] important and heart-rending book, in the tradition of Michael Harrington s \u003ci\u003eThe Other America.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn J. Edin, \u003c\/b\u003e professor of sociology and public health at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of \u003ci\u003ePromises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. Luke Shaefer, \u003c\/b\u003e associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, is a research affiliate at the National Poverty Center.\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKATHRYN J. EDIN, professor of sociology and public health at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of \u003ci\u003ePromises I Can't Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e H. LUKE SHAEFER is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53055898386656,"sku":"9780544811959","price":21.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/hqvJ46D6s99780544811959.webp?v=1781347999","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/2-00-a-day-living-on-almost-nothing-in-america-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}