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Joblessness in the Inner-City
August 5, 1998
According to William Julius Wilson poverty in U.S. cities is substantially different than it was 50 years ago. Back then he says, "People were poor but they were working." Today the jobless rate in some parts of urban centers is staggering. On this program you will hear about what happens when work disappears.
Featuring:
William Julius Wilson, professor of social policy at Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, author, "When Work Disappears, the World of the New Urban Poor."