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The Secret Industries Making Billions Off Poor Americans
There exists a shadowy industry filled with companies you’ve never heard of. Their specialty? Getting rich off of America’s poor and impoverished people. We talked to Anne Kim, who literally wrote the book on it, to understand more.
Check out all my sources for this video here: docs.google.com/document/d/17FMOneMCvS6tVyZlJwEilx89DJUiOdeWxijDf_QoZb8/edit?usp=drive_link
Special thanks to:
- Anne Kim, author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
2:02 Historical Context
10:29 Tax Credit Skimmers
14:36 Housing
16:01 Corporate Middlemen
22:50 Medicaid Dentists
25:53 Dialysis Clinics
29:10 Foster Care
32:19 Conclusion
About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.
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NYTimes: nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html
NYTimes: nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html
Vox Borders: youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU
NPR Planet Money: npr.org/transcripts/1072164745
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Instagram: instagram.com/johnny.harris
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Get 40% off Ground News’ unlimited access Vantage Plan at https://ground.news/johnnyharris for only $5/month, explore how stories are framed worldwide and across the political spectrum.
The Secret Industries Making Billions Off Poor Americans
There exists a shadowy industry filled with companies you’ve never heard of. Their specialty? Getting rich off of America’s poor and impoverished people. We talked to Anne Kim, who literally wrote the book on it, to understand more.
Check out all my sources for this video here: docs.google.com/document/d/17FMOneMCvS6tVyZlJwEilx89DJUiOdeWxijDf_QoZb8/edit?usp=drive_link
Special thanks to:
- Anne Kim, author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor
MORE CHANNELS:
Check out my new channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision youtube.com/@christophe
Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party youtube.com/@SearchParty
The music for this video, created by our in house composer Tom Fox, is available on our music channel, Chromatic! Here's the soundtrack to this video: youtu.be/PWFy4BwF72o
Join Newpress, our community-driven hub for creator journalism: newpress.com/go
Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing
Get our World Map t-shirts now!
White "World Map" shirt: store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf
Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-tie-dye?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf
I made a poster about maps - check it out: store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster
-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
2:02 Historical Context
10:29 Tax Credit Skimmers
14:36 Housing
16:01 Corporate Middlemen
22:50 Medicaid Dentists
25:53 Dialysis Clinics
29:10 Foster Care
32:19 Conclusion
About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.
- press -
NYTimes: nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html
NYTimes: nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html
Vox Borders: youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU
NPR Planet Money: npr.org/transcripts/1072164745
- where to find me -
Instagram: instagram.com/johnny.harris
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@johnny.harris
Facebook: facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox
