$2.00 a day
by Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer · first published 2015
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"A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna in Chicago often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends. After two decades of brilliant research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn't seen since the mid-1990s -- households surviving on virtually no income. Edin teamed with Luke Shaefer, an expert on calculating incomes of the poor, t
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I've mentioned this book here before, but I can't stress enough how good it is. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America: https://www.amazon.com/2-00-Day-Living-Nothing-America/dp/05...
on “What’s it like to live on less than $2 a day?” ↗Last three great books I've read are: $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
on “Ask HN: What good books have you read lately?” ↗I cannot stress enough how excellent this book is. It's quite sad, but stirred something in me that I've not been able to quell since reading it. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America: https://www.amazon.com/2-00-Day-Living-Nothing-America/dp/05...
on “Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich” ↗The article isn't great, but the audio snippets are a lot better. I've posted this book a zillion times on HN, but "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America" really changed a lot of my thoughts and feelings about what is going on in America today. Highly recommend reading it: https://www.amazon.com/2-00-Day-Living-Nothing-America/dp/05...
on “Living on $100k a Year” ↗it's "yes, and". Help those people who are selling their blood to buy happy meals first. I am not exaggerating. I wish I was. Check out the book "$2.00 a day: Living On Almost Nothing in America" for so much evidence. Disclaimer: I know the author now. Because I have to. It's related to the work we're doing. https://www.google.com/search?q=%242+a+day%3A+living+on+almo...…
on “Launching the Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative” ↗I strongly recommend you check out the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America". People -- in this country, not in the third world -- are regularly selling their blood so they can afford to eat. https://www.google.com/search?q=%242+a+day%3A+living+on+almo...…
on “Launching the Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative” ↗