I knew and worked with Michael Harrington for a number of years, and have read most of his works and most of the secondary and biographical literature on him. Maurice Isserman just published an excellent biography. In no context did I ever even see such a claim made.
It sounds like a classic right wing argument by rumor -- poverty in America is a myth, and Harrington made it up.
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 18:42:19 -0500 From: kelley <kwalker2 at gte.net> Subject: Harrington's stats?
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I'm told by someone that Michael Harrington admitted to stretching the numbers in his study on poverty. can't say as i heard anything about this...
kelley
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