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UNINA9910453607203321 |
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Autore |
Bryant John <1966-> |
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Titolo |
How the poor can save capitalism : rebuilding the path to the middle class / / John Hope Bryant ; foreword by Andrew Young ; copy-editor, Todd Manza ; cover designer, Kirk DouPonce |
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San Francisco, California : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-62656-034-X |
1-62656-033-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Middle class - United States - Social conditions |
Poor - Employment - United States |
Economic development - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART I: SEEDING HOPE; One: Separate, Unequal America; Two: A New Look at Income Disparity; PART II: INVESTING IN HOPE; Three: Cracking the Code of Finance; Four: Banking and Financial Services; Five: The Working Family's Hedge Fund; PART III: NURTURING HOPE; Six: 700 Credit Score Communities; Seven: The Power of Small Business and Entrepreneurship; PART IV: HARVESTING HOPE; Eight: The HOPE Plan; Nine: Project 5117; Conclusion: Where We Go from Here; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
About Operation HOPE Inc.About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor. If we give poor communities the right tools, policies, and inspiration, he argues, they will be able to lift themselves up into the middle class and become a new generation of customers and entrepreneurs. Raised in poverty-stricken, gang-infested South |
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