We face big challenges going into the next part of this century and it is important to have raw honesty, cleverness, and gifted story-telling to help us toe the line between reality and escaping reality.

Tom Corbett is today's featured author interview. om Corbett is emeritus senior scientist and an affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he served as associate and acting director for a decade before his retirement. He received a doctorate in Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin and taught various social policy and program evaluation courses there for many years. During his long academic and policy career he consulted with government at the local, state, and national levels including a stint in Washington D.C. where he helped develop President Clinton’s welfare reform legislation. He has written dozens of articles and reports on poverty, social policy, and human services issues and given hundreds of talks across the nation on these topics.

For more information about Tom and his books visit: https://booksbytomcorbett.com

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