$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

About the Book

Published: January, 2015

Edin and Shaefer teamed up to discover that the number of American families living on $2.00 per person, per day, has skyrocketed to 1.5 million American households, including about 3 million children. The authors illuminate a troubling trend: a low-wage labor market that increasingly fails to deliver a living wage, and a growing but hidden landscape of survival strategies among America’s extreme poor. More than a powerful exposé, $2.00 a Day delivers new evidence and new ideas to our national debate on income inequality.

Authors

H. Luke Shaefer

Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Center Director, Poverty Solutions, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research

Research Interests

Social safety net, low-wage workers, economically disadvantage families, non-profit management

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