Author of A People's History of Poverty in America (2008), and Ghettoes, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down & Out on the Silver Screen (Coming Soon-ish)

Enthusiastically applying the Dismal Science to some of life's least glamorous problems. Associate director on @amprog's #talkpoverty team. Opinions my own.

An Entrepreneur’s job is a lonely one

New dad, Senior Fiscal Analyst at the Washington State Budget & Policy Center, aging punk rocker, views are my own.