And Scratch Beginning by Adam Shepard is a good illustration of how a hard worki...

yummyfajitas on April 11, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: What if the problem of poverty is that it’s profit...

And Scratch Beginning by Adam Shepard is a good illustration of how a hard working person can work his way from homeless to middle class in under a year.

http://amzn.to/1RZZHhf

There are apparently good choices and bad - Erenreich illustrates how making the bad choices keeps you poor, while Shepard illustrates how making the good choices can you out of poverty.

tamana on April 11, 2016 [–]

Indeed, being young, male, healthy, educated, and white is a great way to bootstrap out of poverty.