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America’s Poverty is by Design

Jul 12, 2023

48:09

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Poverty by America: A Call to Action

3min

How to End Family Poverty in America

3min

The Importance of Being Honest in Our Lives

6min

The Importance of Public Housing

5min

The Importance of Taking Care of the Poor

1min

The Paradox of American Poverty

2min

The Importance of Deeper Investments in the Labor Market

2min

Guaranteed Income: A Possible Solution to Your Future

5min

10.

The Importance of Guaranteed Income

2min

11.

The Importance of Tax Fairness in Government

5min

12.

The Politics of Despisement

2min

13.

The Importance of Commitment in Ending Poverty

5min

14.

The Importance of Government in Housing

2min

15.

The Call to Action for Poverty Abolitionism

3min

America is the richest country on earth, and yet we have the highest levels of poverty of any advanced democracy. Why is that? And what should we do about it? Matthew Desmond joins Ben and Khalil to discuss the rousing arguments of his new book Poverty, By America: we are all culpable for this problem, and it’s on us to fix it.

Additional links:

Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Correction: Parole, Prison and the Possibility of Change by Ben Austen

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