What's So Bad About Being Poor? Our Lives in the Shadows of the Poverty Experts

Deborah M. Foster's What's So Bad About Being Poor? Our Lives in the Shadows of the Poverty Experts is a searing critique of how poverty is understood, managed, and exploited in modern society. The book boldly challenges the authority of poverty experts-academics, policymakers, and think tanks-whose detached analyses and data-driven solutions, Foster argues, often perpetuate harm instead of alleviating it. This incendiary work ignites debates on the commodification of the poor and the paternalis