America’s Poverty is by Design

Episode 31 of the Some of My Best Friends Are podcast, hosted by Pushkin Industries, titled "America’s Poverty is by Design" was published on July 12, 2023 and runs 48 minutes.

July 12, 2023 ·48m · Some of My Best Friends Are

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Episode Description

America is the richest country on earth, and yet we have the highest levels of poverty of any advanced democracy. Why is that? And what should we do about it? Matthew Desmond joins Ben and Khalil to discuss the rousing arguments of his new book Poverty, By America: we are all culpable for this problem, and it’s on us to fix it.

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Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Correction: Parole, Prison and the Possibility of Change by Ben Austen

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