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| The Hunger
Project "Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time Has Come" Publisher - Praeger Publishers |
Book Review "The Hunger Project believes that the strategies and actions required to end hunger must emanate from a new set of principles. These principles are derived from an authentic confrontation with the commitment to ending hunger, and from a deeper examination of what it means to be human." "A valuable resource book... unique in that it brings together in one volume the different, sometimes conflicting, views of many individuals who have spent decades confronting, debating and stuggling to alleviate the misery of hunger." - Dr. Norman Borlaug, Nobel Laureate. (I'll leave the joy of the George Bush Sr. review on the back of the book to those of you that purchase the text. The irony of that alone is worth the price.) |
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| "Nickel and Dimed: On
(Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher
- Metropolitan Books
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Book Review -"What Ehrenreich does in this book is effectively debunk the notion that anyone can succeed in the American economy because the "free market" provides everyone with an equal opportunity. Instead, her experiences indicate that most of the poor are trapped in a world of long hours at mind-numbing, body destroying jobs which fail to pay the rent and provide little opportunity for educational improvement. Moreover, because wages are so low, these workers cannot even save money to improve their lot. It certainly calls into question the notion that prudent frugality and hard work are all that a worker needs to rise up in the American economy." - Evan Wilson |
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