The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to ...
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.
Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.
作者简介
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Matthew Desmond is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and the founding director of the Eviction Lab. His last book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, among others. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Desmond is also a c...
Matthew Desmond is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and the founding director of the Eviction Lab. His last book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, among others. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Desmond is also a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine.
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7 有用 某然 2023-07-05 09:03:52 美国
直指中产的虚伪哈哈哈……帝国发展到中后期真是逃不掉的税务老大难和阶级固化问题。非常赞同作者对人人有责的分析，但是很难理解他为何对资本主义信心满满🤣只要有私产概念那绝大多数既得利益者就不可能让利嘛
5 有用 untamedheart 2023-03-31 14:38:31 美国
从头到尾一气呵成，文笔流畅动情犀利，打破对贫穷的种种迷思和误解。和他的第一本成名作话题重合，但写法完全不同。Evicted是对因贫被驱逐问题的深入研究，是非常牛逼的专题研究，当年也是拿了社会学年度最佳论文和普利策最佳非虚构的。这本是论述美国贫困问题是由所有人共同造成的檄文，并不是对贫困问题方方面面拆开来细致分析，而是建立在他长期生活（虽然现在是普林斯顿教授，但从小是穷孩子），研究和实践基础上总结出... 从头到尾一气呵成，文笔流畅动情犀利，打破对贫穷的种种迷思和误解。和他的第一本成名作话题重合，但写法完全不同。Evicted是对因贫被驱逐问题的深入研究，是非常牛逼的专题研究，当年也是拿了社会学年度最佳论文和普利策最佳非虚构的。这本是论述美国贫困问题是由所有人共同造成的檄文，并不是对贫困问题方方面面拆开来细致分析，而是建立在他长期生活（虽然现在是普林斯顿教授，但从小是穷孩子），研究和实践基础上总结出来的一系列argument，暴露直白的贪婪也撕开虚伪的表面。昨天去了这本书的作者见面活动，确实很有魅力，印象深的他说了1.绝望是毫无意义的东西。2. 他痛恨贫穷，热爱justice，从小如此，3.你们加州搞13号提案一点都不酷，一点都不进步。 (展开)
1 有用 庸爻儿 2024-02-06 03:34:53 美国
8.5/10。 新年里和读书会的朋友们一起读的第一本书。政府调款扶持 + 消除对穷人的剥削 + say no to nimbyism 就是从理论上讲很“简单”的消除贫困的三步了，现实里要如何实现我就不管了，我要做 Matthew Desmond 最虔诚的信徒。
0 有用 火星熊猫 2023-07-27 12:26:43 北京
就好奇，涉及贫困话题，竟然没有一个词提到中国的脱贫，不说是盲人瞎马，至少也是闭门造车吧
0 有用 阿蒙 2024-03-25 09:11:49 美国
很一般 老生常谈