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Are corporations gaining profits from America's poorest residents?
Manage episode 436316059 series 1541431
From tax preparation to SNAP benefits, health care to housing, a myriad of government services have been privatized in the name of cost savings and efficiency. But the cost to taxpayers and to recipients is high, and the impact on corporate influence in government is undeniable.
Anne Kim writes about the money made on America's poor, in her new book Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor. Kim is a lawyer, public policy expert and contributing editor at the Washington Monthly.
Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
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Manage episode 436316059 series 1541431
From tax preparation to SNAP benefits, health care to housing, a myriad of government services have been privatized in the name of cost savings and efficiency. But the cost to taxpayers and to recipients is high, and the impact on corporate influence in government is undeniable.
Anne Kim writes about the money made on America's poor, in her new book Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor. Kim is a lawyer, public policy expert and contributing editor at the Washington Monthly.
Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
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