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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Desmond, Matthew, author.     Subjects     Poverty -- United States.     Poverty -- Prevention.     Poor -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Desmond, Matthew, author.       by title:      Poverty, by America ...         MARC Display

Poverty, by America / Matthew Desmond. by Desmond, Matthew, author. New York : Crown, [2023] Subjects Poverty -- United States.   Poverty -- Prevention.   Poor -- United States. ISBN:  9780593239919 (hardcover) : 0593239911 (hardcover) Description:  xii, 284 pages ; 22 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  2 Summary:  "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, 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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 Desmond Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult New Books 362.50973 De Checked out 06/02/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Koloa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.50973 De Checked In   Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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