En finir avec les idées fausses sur les pauvres et la pauvreté

Synopsis of En finir avec les idées fausses sur les pauvres et la pauvreté

«En finir avec les idées fausses sur les pauvres et la pauvreté» is the essay by ATD Quart Monde, published by Éditions de l'Atelier in paperback and in French.

This essay refutes clichés about the poor: that they are responsible for their situation, that they live on benefits, that they earn more from the RSA than on the minimum wage, that immigrants abuse minimum social benefits. With data, it denounces their stigmatisation and recalls that every year more than 11,000 million euros in benefits go unclaimed.

Collective work of the ATD Quart Monde movement, published in 2014; the cover of this edition, co-published with Éditions Quart Monde, bears the indication 2015.

For a general audience seeking to challenge prejudices about poverty, social benefits and immigration, with an informative and activist approach.