Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

304 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology challenging reflective medium-paced

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.The United States, the richest country on earth,...

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informative 96%
challenging 53%
reflective 45%
inspiring 32%
hopeful 20%
sad 20%
emotional 12%
dark 6%
tense 2%

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fast 35%
slow 6%

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