Introduction
1. A Snapshot of Our Current Mess
2. What We Have Accomplished
3. Why Are We Stuck?
4. Jobs: The Economy and Public Policy Go South (for Most of Us)
5. Deep Poverty: A Gigantic Hole in the Safety Net
6. Concentrated Poverty: “The Abandoned”
7. Young People: Improving the Odds
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index