Lays out why poverty persists in the face of rising spending on means-tested programs.

https://youtu.be/WCyCfNnXGOE?feature=shared

#WorkerRights #Poverty #America #Racism #ChrisHedges #MatthewDesmond #Exploitation #GigEconomy #WealthInequality

#currentlyreading Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, by America.

for most of my followers this kind of stuff is “duh!” but it bears repeating:

“The passage of Prop 13 inspired a nationwide revo that led to Reagan's 1981 cutting spree. It was a white led revolt. … Massive tax cuts, which fundamentally reshaped the agendas of the nation's two major political parties and resulted in the rise of private fortunes alongside public poverty, were not simply a response to government overreach. They were a response to white people being ordered to share public goods with Black people.

The major accomplishments of the civil rights movement outlawed racial segregation in the public sector: … . En masse, whites responded to racial integration by withdrawing from public spaces, then from entire cities, taking their tax dollars with them. … in the wake of the civil rights era, most whites began voting according to their perceived racial interests rather than their economic ones.”

#matthewdesmond #povertybyamerica

The Real Cause of #Poverty with #MatthewDesmond

#Factually by #AdamConover
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nXUbkhl_uuQ

NPR - #Princeton #sociologist #MatthewDesmond - if the top 1% of Americans paid the #taxes they #owed, it would raise $175 billion each year. "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of #poverty," the author says. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/21/1164275807/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond-inequality #PovertyinAmerica #Billionaires #FinancialSystem #TaxCode #IRS #Congress #regulations #economy #wealthy do not pay taxes

A new look at #poverty and it is not nice!

“The new book by the sociologist and author of “Evicted” examines the persistence of want in the wealthy United States, finding that keeping some citizens poor serves the interests of many.”

#matthewdesmond
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/books/review/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.html

How America Manufactures Poverty

The sociologist Matthew Desmond identifies specific practices and policies that consign tens of millions to destitution.

#BookReview #MatthewDesmond #UnitedStates #poverty #welfare #capitalism #economy #inequality #labour #labor #policy #books #bookstodon

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/20/matthew-desmond-poverty-by-america-book-review