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Home >  Books >  Understanding Poverty and Dependence
Understanding Poverty and Dependence
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By Douglas J. Besharov
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Publication Date: September 1994
Hardcover
ISBN: 0029030714

This book examines social and individual responsibility and how it relates to poverty.

Douglas J. Besharov is the Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar at AEI.

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