Joel Blau is an Associate Professor, and Director of the Ph.D. Program, at the School of Social Welfare, State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of The Visible Poor: Homelessness in the United States. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

"Joel Blau has written a thoughtful and cogent analysis of the state of American society today, the impact of the market system on working families, and the consequences likely to flow from weakening the safety net further. The 'Next Deal' solutions he proposes - full employment policies, living wages, protection of the right to organize, stepped up infrastructural investments and meaningful social welfare protections - are cornerstones of any economic and political democracy, which lawmakers would do well to keep in mind as they shape policy for the 21st century."-- John Sweeney, President, AFL CIO

Joel Blau is an Associate Professor, and Director of the Ph.D. Program, at the School of Social Welfare, State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of The Visible Poor: Homelessness in the United States. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

"Joel Blau has written a thoughtful and cogent analysis of the state of American society today, the impact of the market system on working families, and the consequences likely to flow from weakening the safety net further. The 'Next Deal' solutions he proposes - full employment policies, living wages, protection of the right to organize, stepped up infrastructural investments and meaningful social welfare protections - are cornerstones of any economic and political democracy, which lawmakers would do well to keep in mind as they shape policy for the 21st century."-- John Sweeney, President, AFL CIO