Poverty, by America Summary
Matthew Desmond

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Poverty, by America Overview

A heavily researched sociological treatise, Matthew Desmond's Poverty, by America explains the complex origins of American poverty and the forces that conspire to keep some Americans destitute. Desmond calls upon readers who are already wealthy and entitled to realize that they are part of a conspiracy against the poor and must alter their behavior. Desmond draws upon themes of freedom and justice as he asks everyday Americans to do better.

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