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Professor studies society's poor by picking through trash

by lorenz on May 22, 2004 in politics, Us and Them, development empowerment, Northern America

Free Detroit Press

How do poor people or street people meet their basic needs in the world's wealthiest nation? "We think of the world as being increasingly mean-spirited and competitive, but here were homeowners and small-business owners and homeless folks and the poor cooperating in a way to redistribute useful materials", said Prof. Jeff Ferrell >> continue (updated with copy)

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