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Poverty for Profit

How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor

by Anne Kim ...

A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookA devastating investigation into the “corporate poverty complex”—the myriad businesses that profit from the poorPoverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and ... Read more

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A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookA devastating investigation into the “corporate poverty complex”—the myriad businesses that profit from the poorPoverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and
... Read more

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Poverty for Profit

How Corporations Get Rich off America's Poor

by Anne Kim ...

A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookA devastating investigation into the "corporate poverty complex"—the myriad businesses that profit from the poorPoverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and ... Read more

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A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookA devastating investigation into the "corporate poverty complex"—the myriad businesses that profit from the poorPoverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and
... Read more

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Abandoned

America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection

by Anne Kim ...

**Winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeA deeply affecting exposé of America's hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc**For the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But 4.5 million young people—or a stunning 11.5 percent of youth ... Read more

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**Winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeA deeply affecting exposé of America's hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc**For the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But 4.5 million young people—or a stunning 11.5 percent of youth
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Abandoned

America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection

by Anne Kim ...

Winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeA deeply affecting exposé of America's hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlancFor the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But 4.5 million young people—or a stunning 11.5 percent of youth aged ... Read more

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Winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeA deeply affecting exposé of America's hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlancFor the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But 4.5 million young people—or a stunning 11.5 percent of youth aged
... Read more

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A Puppy's Perspective

101 Puppy Training Tips You Need to Know

by Kim Anne Paciotti ...

After 5 years of living and working with over 250 puppies, canine scientist and puppy expert Kim Paciotti knows what works when it comes to puppy training! Her unique insight of how puppy’s learn and develop will help you understand the concepts of communicating with your puppy to build a life long relationship Starting from a foundation of trust and love, Kim shows you how to shape your puppy’s ... Read more

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After 5 years of living and working with over 250 puppies, canine scientist and puppy expert Kim Paciotti knows what works when it comes to puppy training! Her unique insight of how puppy’s learn and develop will help you understand the concepts of communicating with your puppy to build a life long relationship Starting from a foundation of trust and love, Kim shows you how to shape your puppy’s
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Poverty for Profit

How Corporations Get Rich off America's Poor

by Anne Kim ...

Narrated by Rebecca Lam ...

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8 hours 44 min

Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs. States and local governments spend tens of billions more. Ironically, these enormous sums fuel the "corporate poverty complex," a vast web of hidden industries and entrenched private-sector interests that ... Read more

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Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs. States and local governments spend tens of billions more. Ironically, these enormous sums fuel the "corporate poverty complex," a vast web of hidden industries and entrenched private-sector interests that
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Dietary Sugars and Health

Edited by Michael I. Goran, Luc Tappy, Kim-Anne Le ...

Sugar consumption is suspected to play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, fatty liver disease, and some forms of cancers. Dietary sugars—fructose in particular—also have a potential role in obesity and metabolic diseases.Dietary Sugars and Health presents all aspects of dietary sugars as they relate to health and disease. It provides a review of the ... Read more

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Sugar consumption is suspected to play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, fatty liver disease, and some forms of cancers. Dietary sugars—fructose in particular—also have a potential role in obesity and metabolic diseases.Dietary Sugars and Health presents all aspects of dietary sugars as they relate to health and disease. It provides a review of the
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Abandoned

America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection

by Anne Kim ...

Narrated by Janet Song ...

Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

A deeply affecting exposé of America’s hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlancFor the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But nearly five million young people—or a stunning 11.7 percent of youth aged sixteen to twenty-four—experience entry into adulthood as abrupt ... Read more

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A deeply affecting exposé of America’s hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlancFor the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But nearly five million young people—or a stunning 11.7 percent of youth aged sixteen to twenty-four—experience entry into adulthood as abrupt
... Read more

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Saving Capitalism

For the Many, Not the Few

by Robert B. Reich ...

From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it.Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new ... Read more

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From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it.Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new
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Power

Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't

by Jeffrey Pfeffer ...

“Pfeffer [blends] academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading thinker on the topic of power, Pfeffer here distills his wisdom into an indispensable guide.” —Jim Collins, author of New York Times bestselling author Good to Great and How the Mighty FallSome people have it, and others don’t. Jeffrey Pfeffer explores why, in Power.One of the greatest minds in ... Read more

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“Pfeffer [blends] academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading thinker on the topic of power, Pfeffer here distills his wisdom into an indispensable guide.” —Jim Collins, author of New York Times bestselling author Good to Great and How the Mighty FallSome people have it, and others don’t. Jeffrey Pfeffer explores why, in Power.One of the greatest minds in
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Phishing for Phools

The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller ...

Why the free-market system encourages so much trickery even as it creates so much goodEver since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize–winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver a fundamental challenge to this insight, arguing that markets harm ... Read more

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Why the free-market system encourages so much trickery even as it creates so much goodEver since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize–winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver a fundamental challenge to this insight, arguing that markets harm
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Automating Inequality

How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

by Virginia Eubanks ...

WINNER: The 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award, 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAstra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: "The single most important book about technology you will read this year."Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body: "A must-read."A powerful investigati... ... Read more

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WINNER: The 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award, 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAstra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: "The single most important book about technology you will read this year."Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body: "A must-read."A powerful investigati...
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