The Business of Keeping People Poor

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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: https://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 https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://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: https://youtu.be/PWFy4BwF72o Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://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: https://store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster Custom Presets & LUTs [what we use]: https://store.dftba.com/products/johnny-iz-luts-and-presets -- 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: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox