i think if you look at poor people and how they choose food, they're often making the smartest choice when they want to maximize their calories. And there's also the element of food desert i mean, there's just elected up nowbt. There's 24 million people who live in wat or classify as food deserts - more than ten miles from a super market where they could get vegetables or something healthy to eat. It takes a lot of effort to go out and have to get all the stuff and do it in a way when you can just go to mac donald's on the dollar menu,. gla bacon, mc double for you, no a buck. I wites a vegetarian.
In this episode of Infinite Loops, we spoke with Chris Arnade, author of the bestselling book Dignity: Seeking Respect in Backrow America. We discussed:
- Why Chris left Wall Street to document ‘back row America’.
- How Wall Street has changed over the years
- Why Chris’s work triggers certain crowds of people
- The importance of McDonald's to American communities
- The lessons he’s learned from traveling around America’s lower-income communities.
- And more…
If you’d like to order Chris’ book, you can find it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Dignity-Seeking-Respect-Back-America/dp/0525534733