Kathryn J. Edin

Kathryn J. Edin and her team embark on a five-year journey across impoverished rural America, uncovering the legacy of poverty. They discuss how colonization, resource extraction, and corruption led to an opioid crisis and an uprising. They also explore how Perdue Pharma strategically targeted communities with family physicians. The chapter concludes with proposed strategies to improve wage structures, education, and address corruption in disadvantaged communities.