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The Poor Pay More: Consumer Practices of Low-Income Families.

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Has delineated with uncompromising, scientific evidence the brutal economic facts of existence for a group of low-income families in four New York City housing projects.

225 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

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David Caplovitz

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This book is in desperate need of an update, but I think the same thesis is valid today. For being a book based on empirical data, there are a lot of unsupported assertions in this, but overall the story is a compelling tragedy.
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