Poverty and Inequality Annotation

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David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur 2006, Poverty and inequality ,Book, Standford University press, Stanford, California 2006 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford In this book that was written by David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur, they are focusing on the topic of poverty and inequality among the general level in the society. The book aims to explain the reason of poverty and inequality, thus showing readers several cases of inequality and poverty among the world which we may not be able to be aware of. The book concludes with a reminder of increasing the awareness of poverty and inequality. The book has included a lot of data about poverty and inequality which helps me a lot in understanding the phenomenon of them thus creating this summary. The authors of the book also provides some very creative ways to stop or help in these two problems. The limitation of this book is that the data that are being used in this book are not very recent, that if they could include the new figures in their next edition it would be help a lot in understanding. Blank, Rebecca M 1997, It Takes a Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty, Academic Article, Princeton University Press In this article that was released by Blank and Rebecca M, they are examining the condition of America's poor and the policies used to help them, demonstrating that government aids has been far more effective in reducing poverty than most people think. This article aims on discussing the changes in poverty, economy, policies, effects of Antipoverty Programs and who should help the poor. The primary point of this article is that poverty is not synonymous with single mothers and children on welfare but of households too. This article is very informative in providing a new view for me to have a decent understanding on poverty thus preparing this summary and presentation. The authors also argue that
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