Ending Poverty As We Know It: A Constitutional Right to a Job at a Living Wage

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Author: William Quigley

ISBN-10: 159213033X

ISBN-13: 9781592130337

Category: Employment Law

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AcknowledgmentsIIntroduction1Why a Right to a Job at a Living Wage?3IIReeducating Ourselves About What It Means To Be Poor2Myths and Facts about Poverty and Work193Our History Shapes Our Thinking294Current Official Definition of Poverty335A New Definition of Poverty43IIIPoverty and Lack of Work6The Extent of Unemployment and Underemployment557The Cost of Unemployment and Underemployement65IVWork and Poverty8The Working Poor719Low-Wage Work85VA Constitutional Right to a Job at a Living Wage10A Constitutional Amendment9311Support for a Right to a Job10012Support for a Right to Living Wages11713How Might a Constitutional Amendment Work?13714The Way to End Poverty as We Know It159Notes165Suggested Web Resources for Further Reading223Selected Bibliography225Index241\\