Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

304 Pages, Published In 2023

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“This is who we are: the richest country on earth, with more poverty than any other advanced democracy.” Following his Pulitzer Prize-winning Evicted, in Poverty by America, Desmond explores why poverty persists in the US despite its vast wealth. Examining how American society exploits the poor, subsidizes the affluent, and concentrates wealth in private hands, he argues that Poverty is the result of deliberate policies and choices that benefit the wealthy while keeping the poor in place.