$2.00 a day / Edin, Kathryn J.

Investigates the nature of extreme poverty in the United States, including some families who live on just two dollars per person a day in their households. Discusses how such extreme poverty comes about in such an affluent country, the unique strategies such families use to survive with so little, and what can be done to reverse the fortunes of these families.

Investigates the nature of extreme poverty in the United States, including some families who live on just two dollars a day per person in their households. Discusses how such extreme poverty comes about in such an affluent country, the unique strategies such families to survive with so little, and what can be done to reverse the fortunes of these families.