"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 offers a new and bracing answer: Poverty in America persists because the rest of us benefit from it. In this book, Desmond gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem; he also helps us imagine soultions."--
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