2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS

Recently Viewed clear list

Guests | January 12, 2012

Adam Johnson: IMG Pyongyang's Cannibal Island

0 comments By Adam Johnson

The 47-story Yanggakdo Hotel is located on Yanggak Island, situated in the Taedong River that bisects Pyongyang. The hotel was built in 1995 by a... Continue »
  1. $18.20 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel of North Korea

    Adam Johnson 9780812992793
spacer
Free Shipping!

Ships free on qualified orders.
$24.95
New Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
20 Local Warehouse Politics- General

More copies of this ISBN

Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families (BK Currents)

by Wade Rathke

Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families (BK Currents) Cover

ISBN13: 9781576758625
ISBN10: 1576758621
All Product Details

 

Synopses & Reviews

Synopsis:

The federal government may have failed the poor, argues organizer and ACORN founder Wade Rathke, but there is another way: wealth-building. In Citizen Wealth, Rathke shows how food stamps, unemployment insurance, and tax relief offer temporary, stop-gap fixes but dont address the systemic problems that keep people from building up the assets they need to create a stable life for themselves and their families. A real, workable plan to end poverty, Rathke argues, requires a two-pronged approach. First, we need to create wealth through home ownership, and job acquisition and security, lengthens the distance between the poor house and the safe house. Second, we must also prevent the predatory attempts to reduce the relatively little wealth that many low and moderate-income families have. Such dual-track wealth-building approaches protect against the vicissitudes of income: temporary job loss, health issues, credit restrictions and more.
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 2 comments:
joshstuart1, September 10, 2009 (view all comments by joshstuart1)
Great book. A must read for anyone concerned about organizing for social and economic justice and the success of America's largest organizations of poor families.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
report this comment
pcats, August 1, 2009 (view all comments by pcats)
I am writing as a concerned citizen. Mr. Rathke and ACORN are very good at what they do, "organizing" the multitudes, and promoting Marxism. The greatest of all community organizers, Barrack Hussein Obama, is at the forefront in this movement, the man at the top of the great plot to take over America, and to re-write The U.S. Constitution. The desparate, the down and out, and their power hungry leaders, misunderstand the basic principles our country was founded on. The United States is "the land of the free," not "the land where everything is free". Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that if you get enough votes, you can take what is mine and make it yours. That would make us a Communist country, not a "free" country. We are a Democratic Republic. Thousands of men and women have given their lives to ensure our freedoms, and to protect our Constitution. God be with us all!
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(2 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
View all 2 comments
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9781576758625
Author:
Rathke, Wade
Publisher:
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Subject:
Public Policy - Social Policy
Subject:
Economic Conditions
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Home ownership -- United States.
Subject:
Working class -- United States.
Subject:
Politics - General
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
BK Currents
Publication Date:
20090731
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
199
Dimensions:
9.24x6.34x.83 in. 1.01 lbs.
back to top

Related Aisles

Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families (BK Currents) New Hardcover
0 stars - 0 reviews
$24.95 In Stock
Product details 199 pages Berrett-Koehler Publishers - English 9781576758625 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , The federal government may have failed the poor, argues organizer and ACORN founder Wade Rathke, but there is another way: wealth-building. In Citizen Wealth, Rathke shows how food stamps, unemployment insurance, and tax relief offer temporary, stop-gap fixes but dont address the systemic problems that keep people from building up the assets they need to create a stable life for themselves and their families. A real, workable plan to end poverty, Rathke argues, requires a two-pronged approach. First, we need to create wealth through home ownership, and job acquisition and security, lengthens the distance between the poor house and the safe house. Second, we must also prevent the predatory attempts to reduce the relatively little wealth that many low and moderate-income families have. Such dual-track wealth-building approaches protect against the vicissitudes of income: temporary job loss, health issues, credit restrictions and more.
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...


Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.