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<p><b><i>Poverty, by America</i></b><b></b></p><p><b>by Matthew Desmond</b><i></i></p><p><span>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 and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this 2023 book, sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans both knowingly and unknowingly keep impoverished people impoverished. This compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem and helps us imagine solutions, beginning with collective belonging.</span></p>