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janaebeaver's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
sadietay's review against another edition
4.0
This book tackled the cruelty of American poverty in a bi-partisan, very well-researched way. The biggest thing I learned was just how much ALL Americans rely on government welfare money…such as tax breaks. I loved his focus on how he wishes “conscientious/activist-led consumerism” could reach to how businesses treat their low-income workers, just like buyers have started to make waves of changes for climate change and animal rights.
There were times where the rhetoric felt so persuasive that it felt like preaching to the choir. If you read a book about US poverty, odds are you already see the inequality as an issue and care about it.
“When we ignore the role that exploitation plays in trapping people in poverty, we end up trapping people in policy that are weak at best and ineffective at worst.”
There were times where the rhetoric felt so persuasive that it felt like preaching to the choir. If you read a book about US poverty, odds are you already see the inequality as an issue and care about it.
“When we ignore the role that exploitation plays in trapping people in poverty, we end up trapping people in policy that are weak at best and ineffective at worst.”
sarah_lynggaard's review against another edition
informative
3.75
i liked this it’s very informative
i will say at times it feels a little unorganised. there is of course a wealth of information and statistics about poverty and its causes in the US but sometimes the constant new statistics made the text feel incoherent and the chapters not rlly what they were about. kind of like “oh wait and this and this and don’t forget this”
it’s also not narrative non fiction at all meaning it’s just facts on facts, more academic than bringing you along on a journey if that makes sense so if you don’t have a real interest in poverty in america and it’s causes i wouldn’t recommend
i will say at times it feels a little unorganised. there is of course a wealth of information and statistics about poverty and its causes in the US but sometimes the constant new statistics made the text feel incoherent and the chapters not rlly what they were about. kind of like “oh wait and this and this and don’t forget this”
it’s also not narrative non fiction at all meaning it’s just facts on facts, more academic than bringing you along on a journey if that makes sense so if you don’t have a real interest in poverty in america and it’s causes i wouldn’t recommend
cari1268's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked Poverty, by America. I loved Desmond's optimism and how he was very kind, politically speaking. I found some of his solutions to be overly idealistic. However, I would much rather have Desmond's outlook than the negative status quo.
shannontay's review against another edition
4.0
How many Einsteins, authors, engineers…. have we missed because of poverty? This was very well researched and left me even more aware of this terrible terrible problem