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02465aam a2200469 i 4500 001 E33AF8D8E8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230502011626 008 230406r20232023nyu db 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0593678540 020 $a 9780593678541 035 $a (OCoLC)1375110579 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $e rda $c FFL $d FFL $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d UAP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Desmond, Matthew, $e author. 245 10 $a Poverty, by America / $c Matthew Desmond. 250 $a First large print edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House Large Print, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 383 pages (large print) ; $c 24 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-361) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue -- Ch. 1. The kind of problem poverty is -- Ch. 2. Why haven't we made more progress? -- Ch. 3. How we undercut workers -- Ch. 4. How we force the poor to pay more -- Ch. 5. How we rely on welfare -- Ch. 6. How we buy opportunity -- Ch. 7. Invest in ending poverty -- Ch. 8. Empower the poor -- Ch. 9. Tear down the walls -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. 520 $a "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, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor"-- $c Provided by publisher 650 0 $a Poverty $z United States. 650 0 $a Poverty $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Poor $z United States. 655 7 $a Large print books. $2 lcgft 941 $a 11 945 $a lpt 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409044429.0 952 $l EHPA605 $d 20240404010605.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20231205011202.0 952 $l CVPA586 $d 20230822010810.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20230816011114.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012712.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015351.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20230519010155.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230512010209.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230503013523.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230502012124.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E33AF8D8E8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search