An essential, and impossible to ignore, examination of one of the most pressing, harmful, and heartbreaking problems facing our country- the widespread poverty among American children.
JEFF MADRICK, a former economics columnist for Harper's and The New York Times, is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and The Nation and editor of Challenge magazine. He is visiting professor of humanities at The Cooper Union, director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative, and a fellow at The Century Foundation. His books include Seven Bad Ideas, Age of Greed, The End of Affluence, and Taking America. He has also written for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Institutional Investor, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Boston Globe, and Newsday. He lives in New York City.
"A clarion call to address this most unjust blight upon the
American landscape. Madrick has provided a valuable service in
presenting a highly readable and cogent argument for change. .
. Grass-roots groups across the country have been organizing
and working to fundamentally change the conditions that
disenfranchise so many Americans, poor and nonpoor alike. They
would do well to use Invisible Americans as a launching
point."—Mark R. Rank, The Washington Post
"[Madrick’s] outrage is clear. . . If our leaders absorbed this
book’s urgent call, perhaps they would discuss poverty — and act to
ease it — once again.”—Alissa Quart, The New York Times Book
Review
“At a time of intense debate about income inequality, [Madrick]
puts a face—or millions of young faces—on the meaning of real
poverty and deprivation.”—Harvard Magazine
“A useful book that reveals what might be considered a secret shame
but that is hiding in plain sight.”—Kirkus
“Compelling. . . Madrick addresses a systemic problem with a simple
solution. His argument will appeal to those who champion economic
policy change that centers the child.”—Angela Forret, Library
Journal
“Thoroughly researched. . . Madrick’s research shows that current
efforts are woefully inadequate, and he makes a reasonable plea for
change.”—Kathleen McBroom, Booklist
“Armed with extensive research that cuts through popular myths
about child poverty, Madrick roots his provocative arguments in
searing facts that should make every American ashamed—and
determined to act on his sensible solutions.”—David Shipler, author
of The Working Poor
“Invisible Americans provides a devastating portrait of the nature
and consequences of child poverty in the United States. Madrick
demonstrates that these worrisome poverty rates are the result of
multiple policy failures – failures that result, in turn, from
choices that Americans have made. Madrick explains, with passion
and precision, that the necessary policy instruments are known and
tested. What is lacking in the United States, sadly, is the
political will.”—Janet C. Gornick, author of Families that Work
“Madrick systematically builds the case for a universal monthly
allowance for children that will dramatically reduce child
poverty. He offers both a comprehensive view of the history
of child poverty in our nation and a glimpse of where we may be
headed.”—David Harris, President of Children’s Research and
Education Institute
“In Invisible Americans, Jeff Madrick shines invaluable light on a
much-neglected crisis: the more than one in five children—some 13
million children—who live in poverty in the world’s wealthiest
nation. Madrick explains how this crisis has stunted
millions of children and shows how the United States has fallen
woefully short of its promise of equal opportunity. Madrick makes
devastatingly clear that America’s child poverty problem is a moral
disgrace. Concise, compelling, and urgent, Invisible Americans
concludes with some smart ideas on how to quickly reduce child
poverty.” – Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up
"Jeff Madrick gives an excellent account of the contours and
consequences of child poverty in the United States, as well as the
failed social policies of the last three decades that have done
little to address this problem. He also makes a powerful argument
for the simplest possible solution, giving poor families
money. A very timely and useful book."—Dean Baker, author of
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