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UNINA9910455208803321 |
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Autore |
Rathke Wade |
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Titolo |
Citizen wealth [[electronic resource] ] : winning the campaign to save working families / / Wade Rathke |
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San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-29968-9 |
9786612299681 |
1-57675-874-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Home ownership - United States |
Working class - 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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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Building a winning campaign for economic security -- Home ownership through community reinvestment -- Stopping foreclosures and predatory lending -- Making work pay living wages -- Creating wealth through worker organizations -- Making earned income tax credits work for workers -- Guarding tax refunds and combatting high prices -- The debt trap -- The "maximum eligible participation" solution -- Working with corparations to create an asset climate -- Business models that foster citizen wealth -- Bringing citizens into the wealth-building process -- The future of citizen wealth. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Charismatic activist and chief organizer for ACORN (the nation's largest grassroots community organization, with more than 400,000 low- and moderate-income family members), Wade Rathke reveals how building citizen-wealth using tactics that benefit both the poor and the institutions (like banks) is the key to combating poverty |
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