The Persistence of Poverty
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Why the Economics of the Well-Off Can't Help the Poor
Charles Karelis
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In this important book, one of our boldest and most original thinkers charges that conventional explanations of poverty are mistaken, and that the anti-poverty policies built upon them are doomed to fail. Using science, history, fables, philosophical analysis, and common observation, Charles Karelis engages us and takes us to a deeper grasp of the link between consumption and satisfaction—and from there to a new and persuasive explanation of what keeps poor people poor. Above all, he shows how this fresh perspective can reinspire the long-stalled campaign against poverty.
Charles Karelis is Research Professor of Philosophy at The George Washington University. Formerly professor of philosophy at Williams College, director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and president of Colgate University, he lives in Washington, D.C.
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ISBN: 9780300120905
Publication Date: July 24, 2007
Publication Date: July 24, 2007
208 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
6 b/w line illus.
6 b/w line illus.
