![]() ![]() Our vacations are more lavish, but schoolteachers must now buy their own school supplies. Matthew Desmond wrote in Poverty, By America: “As our incomes have grown, we’ve chosen to spend more on personal consumption and less on public works. He quoted such data as “families in the top 20 percent receive almost 40 percent more in government subsidies than families in the bottom 20 percent.” Stemming from a myriad of research and data, Desmond expressed example after example of policies and trends that, if turned around, could eliminate poverty in America. ![]() Desmond calls for the reader to become a poverty abolitionist, and to work towards a future without poverty. ![]() The book examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor-the pitfalls of a society based on consumption and profit, in which individuals of high wealth benefit from the poverty created by the exploitation of labor and the tax code. ![]() Matt Desmond explores why 38 million people live in poverty in the United States, one of the richest countries in the world. The event came as the book debuted at #1 on the New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller list. ![]()
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