Across the United States tens of millions of people are working forty or more hours a week...and living in poverty.
This is surprising in a country where politicians promise that anyone who does their share, and works hard, will get ahead.
In Ending Poverty As We Know It, William Quigley argues that it is time to make good on that promise by adding to the Constitution language that insures those who want to work can do so—and at a wage that enables them to afford reasonable shelter, clothing, and food.
"Quigley’s analysis is rigorous and well-documented, he demonstrates admirable restraint and objectivity, and he appeals to core philosophical and constitutional principles in his argumentation.
He is a professor’s radical: elegant in his theorizing, careful in his analysis, and breathtaking in his vision."
— Monica Gaughan, Professor of Public Policy at Georgia Tech University
What Others Have Said About the Book
Read an article from the Human Rights for Workers Bulletin.
Read a remarkable article about Ending Poverty by Sean Gonsalves.
"Bill Quigley's book makes us believe that America can really change for the better and provide a decent job and a fair wage to hard-working families. This is a very important book.
Bill brings a lifetime of knowledge and commitment to this; and he really shows us, step by step, how it can be done."
Sister Helen Prejean , social activist and author of Dead Man Walking
Bill Quigley draws on the common sense of Thomas Paine, the moral inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the political wisdom of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to issue a bold challenge for our society: to guarantee people who want to work the right to a job at a living wage.
In a brave and witty book that is both visionary and practical, Quigley reminds us that if once radical ideas like social security and the abolition of slavery can become realities, then the current partnership between poverty and work can be upended too."
Lani Guinier , Professor of Law and co-author of The Miner's Canary
Contact:
William P. Quigley
c/o Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
7214 St. Charles Avenue, Room 118
New Orleans, LA 70118
quigley@loyno.edu office 504-861-5590
fax 504-861-5440
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