How Long to Read Rethinking Poverty

How Long Does it Take to Read Rethinking Poverty?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Rethinking Poverty by James P. Bailey

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In Rethinking Poverty, James P. Bailey argues that most contemporary policies aimed at reducing poverty in the United States are flawed because they focus solely on insufficient income. Bailey argues that traditional policies such as minimum wage laws, food stamps, housing subsidies, earned income tax credits, and other forms of cash and non-cash income supports need to be complemented by efforts that enable the poor to save and accumulate assets. Drawing on Michael Sherraden’s work on asset building and scholarship by Melvin Oliver, Thomas Shapiro, and Dalton Conley on asset discrimination, Bailey presents us with a novel and promising way forward to combat persistent and morally unacceptable poverty in the United States and around the world. Rethinking Poverty makes use of a significant body of Catholic social teachings in its argument for an asset development strategy to reduce poverty. These Catholic teachings include, among others, principles of human dignity, the social nature of the person, the common good, and the preferential option for the poor. These principles and the related social analyses have not yet been brought to bear on the idea of asset-building for the poor by those working within the Catholic social justice tradition. This book redresses this shortcoming, and further, claims that a Catholic moral argument for asset-building for the poor can be complemented and enriched by Martha Nussbaum’s “capabilities approach.” This book will affect current debates and practical ways to reduce poverty, as well as the future direction of Catholic social teaching.

How long is Rethinking Poverty?

Rethinking Poverty by James P. Bailey is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rethinking Poverty Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Rethinking Poverty aloud.

What Reading Level is Rethinking Poverty?

Rethinking Poverty is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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