The Business of Keeping People Poor

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The Secret Industries Making Billions Off Poor Americans

There exists a shadowy industry filled with companies you’ve never heard of. Their specialty? Getting rich off of America’s poor and impoverished people. We talked to Anne Kim, who literally wrote the book on it, to understand more.

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- Anne Kim, author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor

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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
2:02 Historical Context
10:29 Tax Credit Skimmers
14:36 Housing
16:01 Corporate Middlemen
22:50 Medicaid Dentists
25:53 Dialysis Clinics
29:10 Foster Care
32:19 Conclusion

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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