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Poverty, by America
Af: Matthew Desmond
Engelsk
Bogcover for Poverty, by America af Matthew Desmond, 9780593678541
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Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9780593678541
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0593678540
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Udg. Dato:
1 jan 1900
Størrelse i cm:
15,5 x 23,3 x 3,4
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Oplagsdato:
1 jan 1900
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Poverty, by America

Af: Matthew Desmond
Engelsk
Paperback 1900
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Paperback
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.

“Urgent and accessible . . . Its moral force is a gut punch.”—The New Yorker
 
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023: The Washington Post, Time, Esquire, Newsweek, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Elle, Salon, Lit Hub, Kirkus Reviews

The United States, the richest 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 and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? 
 
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 financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the 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 stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.
 
Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original 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.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9780593678541
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0593678540
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
1 jan 1900
Størrelse i cm:
15,5 x 23,3 x 3,4
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
1 jan 1900
Forfatter(e):
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