“There’s no question that there’s been a real downturn, and you can see it in the statistics. So they were experiencing some of the same fears and anxieties and traumas you could say, that the poor have experienced. And lots of people who were comfortably in the middle class - or felt they were - fell into poverty or near poverty by losing their jobs, often in professional areas that they couldn’t find work in again. Nonetheless, by exposing the wretched condition of these invisible Americans, he has performed a noble and badly needed service." The San Francisco Chronicle reviewer wrote, "Shipler is informative, sometimes outraged, and often eloquent in rendering the working poor visible", but also noted that "the author appears to hope for good will from above, within the system, to carry out his suggestions.Shipler: “Well the recession, the huge recession that we’ve had and we’re just climbing out of, of course expanded the ranks of the working poor. Shipler avoids saying anything too controversial and as a result his book seems unlikely to change minds on either the left or the right. . The contractors pay employees below the minimum wage to work in low quality sweatshops for hours, exceeding the legal limit. One case is illustrated by clothing companies who hire contractors that hire illegal immigrants.
Shipler explores some flaws of comparative advantages. Throughout the book, the author describes numerous economic issues preventing the working poor from escaping poverty. Using their lives as examples, he illustrates the struggles the working poor face while attempting to escape poverty. From personal interviews and research, Shipler presents in this book anecdotes and life stories of individuals considered the working poor. The Working Poor: Invisible in America is a 2004 book written by Pulitzer Prize-winner David K. The Rights of the People: How Our Search for Safety Invades Our Liberties A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America
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