David Caplovitz (died October 1, 1992) was a United States-based sociologist. He is known as the author of ''

The Poor Pay More ''The Poor Pay More'' is a 1967 book published by David Caplovitz. It is a sociology study of what could be called the "poverty penalty", which is a concept that poor people pay more for the same goods and services as people with more money do. ...

'' and for advancing

consumer protection Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent business ...

Recognition

Caplovitz won a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

in Sociology in 1977 .

References

American sociologists Year of birth missing CUNY Graduate Center faculty 1992 deaths {{US-sociologist-stub