$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America — The Gap Between Work and the Safety Net
What happens when a safety net built around steady employment meets a labor market where steady employment cannot be guaranteed?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer as our lens, this investigation examines the institutional conditions surrounding extreme cash poverty in the United States.
Edin and Shaefer combine national survey data with ethnographic research to document families living for periods on virtually no cash income. Their central argument…
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