![]() ![]() While Shipler does not offer many solutions to poverty, he diagnoses the problem of poverty that is consistent with the manner many of those on the left would diagnose as well. The “American Myth,” as Shipler calls it, is embraced by those on the right and denounced by those on the left. Shipler states that the working poor are “buffeted and bruised and defeated” and “when an exception breaks this cycle of failure, it is called the fulfillment of the American Dream” (Shipler 5). While he presents multiple viewpoints, he tends to favor explanations for the causes of poverty that are embraced by those who adhere to left-wing ideology. Shipler states in his introduction, “This book is about, their families, their dreams, their personal failings, and the larger failings of their country” (Shipler 4). ![]() ![]() Shipler presents many viewpoints across the political spectrum regarding the causes for poverty in the United States in The Working Poor: Invisible in America. ![]()
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