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The Poverty Industry : The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens /

"In The Poverty Industry, Daniel L. Hatcher shows us how state governments and their private industry partners are profiting from the social safety net, turning America's most vulnerable populations into sources of revenue. The poverty industry is stealing billions in federal aid and other...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hatcher, Daniel L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : New York University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • How the poverty industry is siphoning aid from the vulnerable : Agency purpose versus agency self-interest: conflict in serving the vulnerable ; Poverty's iron triangle
  • Examples of using the vulnerable as a revenue source : Mining foster children for revenue ; Medicaid money laundering ; Cost recovery: poverty industry taking child support from children and families
  • Looking forward, and reclaiming the safety net : The expanding web of the poverty industry ; Reeling in the poverty industry: restoring agency purpose, and restoring fiscal integrity to the safety net.