Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond · first published 2023
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…commenter mentions the 'moral flexibility' of Uber. From the featured photo this appears to be another attribute of the diaspora. The business model of Arrived is frankly disgusting. I highly recommend "Poverty, By America" if you'd like the background for my comment. https://www.amazon.com/Poverty-America-Matthew-Desmond/dp/05...
on “Beyond the PayPal Mafia: A Case Study on the Uber Alumni Network” ↗…https://bookshop.org/p/books/ripe-sarah-rose-etter/18992345 Non-fiction: - The Jakarta Method, on US foreign policy (really should be required reading for every US citizen) - https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-jakarta-method-washington-s... - Poverty, by America, which is in some ways a cathartic read about the systemic ways poverty is incentivized (by the author of the deservedly award-winning Evicted) - https://bookshop.org/p/books/poverty-by-america-matthew-desm...…
on “Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?” ↗https://archive.vn/Lqgk2 Book review of Matthew Desmond's "Poverty, by America." Another one: https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/1158230630/...
on “How America Manufactures Poverty” ↗…there is little to no chance of it becoming reality because the US is a low-democracy country. but change is always possible if the population decides to fight back. i heard an anecdote, i think from 'Poverty, By America' (Matthew Desmond), about a convergence of protests in DC where a group of Maga protesters and a group of Civil Rights protesters happened to see each other and ended up shaking hands in solidarity with…
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