5/26/2023 0 Comments Matthew desmondAs things stand, liberals explain poverty through insurmountable structural issues, whereas conservatives highlight personal failings and poor life choices. The hard part is getting more of us to care. Spanning racism, social isolation, mass incarceration, the housing crisis, domestic violence, crack and opioid epidemics, welfare cuts and more, Desmond argues that poverty does not result from a lack of resources or good policy ideas. In Poverty, by America, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond examines the nature of American poverty today and the stories we tell ourselves about it. Why is there so much scarcity in this land of dollars? One in seven Americans live below the poverty line, a line which hasn't shifted over the last fifty years, despite the efforts of successive governments and extensive relief programs. The United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. *A searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted* 'Desmond is utterly convincing: we must all become poverty abolitionists' Emily Kenway 'Essential and instructive, hopeful and enraging' Ann Patchett
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