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Annotated Bibliography

Myers-Lipton S. (2007)Social Solutions to Poverty: America's Struggle to Build a Just Society. The book follows the idea of poverty reduction from Thomas Paine's agrarian justice to Josiah Quincy's proposal for the construction of poorhouses; from the Freedmens Bureau to Sitting Bulls demand for money and supplies; from Coxey's army of the unemployed to Jane Addams Hull House; from the Civil Works Administration to Dr. Martin Luther King's call for an Economic Bill of Rights; and from William Julius Wilson's universal program of reform to George Bush's armies of compassion. The book traces the most important ideas and contributions of citizens, activists, labor leaders, scholars, politicians, and governmental agencies to ensure American citizens the basics of food, housing, employment, education, and health care. Compared to typical Horatio Alger stories, the book tells the other important component of the building of the American Dream the creation of successful institutions like Social Security that would stabilize and safeguard American democracy. This article is telling people about poverty. It's stating that there are 37 million people living in poverty in the United States; that's one in every eight Americans. The article is also saying that poverty effects all ages, races, genders, and family situations. Most Americans in poverty are children, elderly, or people unalbe to work.

Stuart, M. (Director). (1971). Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory [Motion Picture]. The movie starts off with a boy named Charlie. He is a boy living in poverty. He wants to help his family, but has no money. He heard about the Chocolate Factory and heard that he could get a chance to visit, only if he won a golden ticket. He worked hard to earn money to buy the Willy Wonka chocolate bar. After trying at least two or three times, he finally won the golden ticket. To narrow the movie down to the point, Charlie was given the Chocolate Factory and I believe he was finally able to help his family.

The Heritage Foundation, (2009). Poverty. Retrived October 29, 2009 conservative policy reserve since 1973. [|www.heritage.org/Research?Immigration?SR9.cfm]. The article is explaining that poverty was caused by immigration. It's saying that the U.S. has imported poverty through immigration policies that permitted and encouraged the entry and esidence of millions of low skill immigrants into the nation. Basically immigration policy in the U.S. has come to operate in the opposite direction, increasing rather decreasing poverty. This article is saying that first generation immigrants and their families, who are one-sixth of the U.S. population, comprise one- fourth of all poor persons in the U.S.

Sachs, Jeffrey D.,(March 2006)The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. Sachs has provided a compelling blueprint for eliminating extreme poverty from the world by 2025. Sachs's analysis and proposals are suffused with all the practical experience of his twenty years in the field, working in dozens of countries across the globe to foster economic development and well-being. Sachs's prescriptions are unconvincing because he is resoundingly right about the tragedy of world poverty. Sachsas aim is nothing less than to deliver a big picture of how societies emerge from poverty. This book should be required to be read for students and participants in public policy as well as those who doubt the problem of world poverty can be solved.

Danziger Sheldon, Haveman Robert H., (2001), Russell Sage foundation. Understanding poverty Understanding poverty focuses on its nature and extent at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Looking back over the four decades since the nation declared war on poverty, the authors ask how the poor have fared in the market economy. What government programs have and have not accomplished, and what remains to be done. They help us understand how changes in the way the labor market operates, in family structure, and in social welfare, health, and education policies have affected trends in poverty.

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