Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-04-21
Books mentioned on Matthew Desmond On America’s Addiction to Poverty
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Poverty, by America
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond is a rigorous, eye-opening non-fiction investigation that examines why the United States maintains such high levels of systemic poverty despite being one of the wealthiest nations in history.
Discussed“Matthew Desmond writes that in his new book about poverty poverty by America but poverty by America is supposed to be something a bit different”
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Evicted
Evicted by Matthew Desmond is a Pulitzer Prize-winning immersive non-fiction book examining poverty and the housing crisis through the lens of families in Milwaukee.
Discussed“and then I kind of took that to Milwaukee for my last book and follow families getting evicted and saw a level of poverty that I've just never seen before or experienced”
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Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem is a researched nonfiction book by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern that investigates the root causes of homelessness in urban areas.
Recommended“so this is a great book homelessness is a housing problem”
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Scarcity
Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir is a profound exploration of how having too little time and money profoundly shapes human cognition, decision-making, and behavior.
Recommended“the bandwidth tax is an idea that comes from a book called scarcity which is by cindel melanathon and Eldar shafir It's a Wonderful book highly recommend it”
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What then must we do?
What Then Must We Do? is a deeply moral and philosophical nonfiction work by Leo Tolstoy that examines poverty, economics, and human responsibility.
Recommended“I recommend what then must we do by Leo Tolstoy”
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Race for Profit
Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and narrated by Janina Edwards is a prominent scholarly work examining the ways housing policies and urban development have perpetuated racial inequalities.
Recommended“I really loved race for profit by kianga Yamada Taylor”
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Random Family
Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc is a landmark work of investigative journalism that chronicles the lives of several individuals and families navigating poverty, the drug trade, and the criminal justice system in the Bronx over the course of a decade.
Recommended“and my third book is is random family the classic investigative journalism by Adrian Nicola Blanc”
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