Poverty - Closing The Gap

Shows that with the advance of civilization, the margins between the "haves" and the "have-nots" have widened to the point where there is an almost total breakdown in communication within these two classes. Presents interviews with Charles Dennison, a successful industrialist and authors Michael Harrington and John Sewell who describe their remedies for this problem. , Discusses the widening margin between the poor and the affluent, focusing on the United States and Canada. Notes failure of government programs to substantially change the conditions of poverty and discusses recent efforts of the poor to mobilize themselves. Includes interviews with industrialist Charles Dennison, who quit his high-paying job to work for the poor of the world, politician John Sewell, who has become actively involved in helping to organize the poor so they can express their needs, and author Michael Harrington, who refutes some common myths about the poor., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.