Rethinking Poverty Income, Assets, and the Catholic Social Justice Tradition

Abstract

Rethinking Poverty argues that most contemporary policies aimed at reducing poverty in the United States are flawed because they focus solely on insufficient income instead of asset accumulation.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One-Why Asset Building for the Poor? -- Chapter Two-Assets, the Poor,and Catholic Social Teaching -- Chapter Three-Assets and Human Capabilities -- Chapter Four-Asset Discrimination -- Chapter Five-Toward Inclusive Ownership -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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