The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond (author of "Evicted") offers a compelling argument in his new book "Poverty, by America" on how affluent Americans, knowingly and unknowingly, keep poor people poor. New York Times best-selling author Andre Dubus III’s newest novel "Such Kindness" tells the story of one man’s descent into poverty by forces beyond his control.
Here & Now co-host Robin Young moderated this conversation with Desmond and Dubus III. Both of their books offer compassionate portrayals of what it is like to experience poverty – in essence, fictional and non-fictional mirror images of the same topic.
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Дата на публикация: 25 юни, 2023
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