The Real Cause of Poverty with Matthew Desmond
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The Fear of Losing It All
"I think it's not remarked upon often enough that folks in the upper middle class often who are, you know, people making a million dollars a year are often terrified," he says. "Our society is structured with such a vast bottom of precarity and poverty, it makes you afraid that you're going to fall into it." He adds: "A country where people look out for each other and help provide for each other ... would be a relief'
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