Rich Country/Poor Citizens: Authors Matthew Desmond and Andre Dubus on American poverty
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2023
- 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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It is shocking that such a video as this hardly attracts any attention neither is it recommended by UA-cam.
Fantastic watch, I thoroughly enjoyed both books and wish that others in this capitalistic society had empathy for others.
Hawaii should use the money for the fire victims!!
Matt Desmond is spot on. Take a look around yourself, and you’ll see he’s right. His message is a threat to the powers at bay and will be squashed. Sad…
Mathew never told us exactly how poverty benefits anybody else. Who is warming their hands at the burning house? To use his metaphor? And how does a life destroyed create a profit for that unfeeling greedy hand-warmer? Seems that you can't sell goods and services to people without money. I'm all for hitting the rich for more taxes, but one needs to understand that there are LOTS of factors that keep people poor other than bad luck. This all seems like zero-sum economics. Maybe a better moderator could have allowed him to make a more complete case.
TRUMP must pay his taxes
And if he's been getting away with ripping off the tax system so blatantly for so long, imagine what other rich people are getting away with.