The Business of Keeping People Poor

The Secret Industries Making Billions Off Poor Americans There exists a shadowy industry filled with companies you’ve never heard of. Their specialty? Getting rich off of America’s poor and impoverished people. We talked to Anne Kim, who literally wrote the book on it, to understand more. Special...

36 min - Society & Culture - Johnny Harris

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