Poverty\, by America by Matthew Desmond
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\n"The United States\, the riche st country on earth\, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities\, permit scores of its citizens to live a nd die on the streets\, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wage s? In this landmark book\, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history\, research\, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are fina ncially secure exploit the poor\, driving down their wages while forcing t hem to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize th e subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty\, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we st ockpile opportunity in exclusive communities\, creating zones of concentra ted riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made sm all so that others may grow. Elegantly written and fiercely argued\, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent pr oblem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly or iginal and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists\, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and\, at last\, true freedom"-- Pr ovided by publisher.
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