ISBN号:9780593239919
书名:Poverty, by America
作者:Matthew Desmond
出版日期:2023-03-21
英文简介:
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.
“Urgent and accessible .
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Its moral force is a gut punch.
“–The New Yorker ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023: The Washington Post, Time, Esquire, Newsweek, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Elle, Salon, Lit Hub, Kirkus Reviews 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.
中文简介:
普利策奖得主、畅销书《逐出者》的作者重新构想了关于贫困的辩论,就贫困在美国持续存在的原因提出了一个新的、令人振奋的论点:因为我们其他人都从中受益。
“紧迫且易于理解……它的道德力量是一记重拳。
”——《纽约客》 2023 年最受期待的书籍之一:华盛顿邮报、时代杂志、时尚先生、新闻周刊、明尼阿波利斯明星论坛报、Elle、沙龙、Lit Hub , 柯克斯评论美国,这个地球上最富有的国家,却比任何其他发达的民主国家都有更多的贫困。
为什么?为什么这片富饶的土地允许每八个孩子中就有一个没有基本必需品,允许数十名公民流落街头,并授权其公司支付贫困工资?在这本具有里程碑意义的书中,著名社会学家马修·德斯蒙德 (Matthew Desmond) 借鉴了历史、研究和原创报道,展示了富裕的美国人是如何有意无意地让穷人贫穷的。
我们这些经济上有保障的人剥削穷人,压低他们的工资,同时迫使他们为住房和获得现金和信贷多付钱。
我们优先考虑对我们的财富进行补贴,而不是减轻贫困,设计一个福利国家,让最需要的人得到最多的帮助。
我们在专属社区中储存机会,在集中绝望的同时创造集中财富的区域。
有些生命变得渺小,以便其他人可以成长。
这本富有同情心的书文笔优美,论点激烈,为我们提供了思考道德紧迫问题的新方法。
它还可以帮助我们想象解决方案。
戴斯蒙德为结束贫困建立了一个令人吃惊的原创和雄心勃勃的案例。
他呼吁我们所有人都成为消除贫困者,参与集体归属政治,以开创一个共享繁荣并最终实现真正自由的新时代。
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