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So Rich, So Poor: A Conversation with Peter Edelman

When
May 22, 2012
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Where
Open Society Foundations–New York
224 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
United States of America

So Rich, So Poor: A Conversation with Peter Edelman (May 22, 2012)

The New Press and the Open Society Foundations host Peter Edelman, author of So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America, in a conversation with Laura Flanders, host and founder of GRITtv with Laura Flanders. They discuss the poverty crisis in America today, and especially its disproportionate impact on young people.

Mimi Corcoran, director of the Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation at the Open Society Foundations, makes opening remarks.

Voices

Peter Edelman on the Poverty Crisis in America

Edelman, who famously resigned from the Clinton administration to protest the treatment of the nation’s poor, joins Laura Flanders in conversation.

May 29, 2012

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So Rich, So Poor: A Conversation with Peter Edelman

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Peter Edelman on the Poverty Crisis in America