LEADER 02677nam 22006373u 450 001 9910778160003321 005 20230721031551.0 010 $a1-281-15123-8 010 $a9786611151232 010 $a1-59213-777-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000475529 035 $a(EBL)298864 035 $a(OCoLC)476074936 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147089 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164986 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147089 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10012051 035 $a(PQKB)10529911 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000517959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11370282 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492888 035 $a(PQKB)11736810 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC298864 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475529 100 $a20131216d2008|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnding Poverty As We Know It$b[electronic resource] $eGuaranteeing A Right To A Job 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59213-032-1 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. Reeducating Ourselves about What It Means to Be Poor; III. Poverty and Lack of Work; IV. Work and Poverty; V. A Constitutional Right to a Job at a Living Wage; Notes; Suggested Web Resources for Further Reading; Selected Bibliography; Index 330 $aAcross the United States tens of millions of people are working forty or more hours a week...and living in poverty. This is surprising in a country where politicians promise that anyone who does their share, and works hard, will get ahead. In Ending Poverty As We Know It, William Quigley argues that it is time to make good on that promise by adding to the Constitution language that insures those who want to work can do so-and at a wage that enables them to afford reasonable shelter, clothing, and food. 606 $aPoverty - United States 606 $aWages - Law and legislation - United States 606 $aWages - United States 606 $aWages - United States 615 4$aPoverty - United States. 615 4$aWages - Law and legislation - United States. 615 4$aWages - United States. 615 4$aWages - United States. 676 $a331.2/15 676 $a331.210973 700 $aQuigley$b William$01477809 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778160003321 996 $aEnding Poverty As We Know It$93693258 997 $aUNINA