book seminar – off the books: the underground economy of the urban poor
The following links bring you to discussion of Sudhir Venkatesh’s Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor, the subject of our Sprin ‘07 book seminar.
- Intro to the book seminar
- Fabio asks: What would Parsons say?
- Omar goes underground!
- Brayden’s trying to survive in the ‘hood.
- A wrap up post.
Keep an eye out for our next book seminar!
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Just ran across your blog and book info. I’ll be sure and pick up a copy. I would also like to say that the way we are going, there will be a lot more urban poor in the near future, not to mention non urban poor.
Ron Stone
August 7, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Interesting points. Though I’d like to see where we would be if Bush was still in office and we didn’t have obama’s stimulus package..
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