Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
 

Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh


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In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate, dangerous, and remarkable ways in which a community survives. We find there an entire world of unregulated, unreported, and... (read more)

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Even though the subject matter was quite interesting, the author sometimes dragged on a bit and I found myself wishing for chapters to end. The information is definitely worth it though.

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