Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey · first published 2017
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223 pages ; 20 cm
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…the "sick man of Europe" and Glasgow in particular has a remarkably bad life expectancy - the "Glasgow Effect": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_effect I can strongly recommend Darren McGarvey's Poverty Safari a personal account of a deprived childhood on the outskirts of Glasgow. Edit: Something I find grimly fascinating is the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) and its interactive map visualisation:…
on “As Scotland's 'Trainspotting' Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up” ↗…Mishra - Eye opening work about how resentment develops in societies, and becomes weaponised by politicians - wide ranging examples from Voltaire-era France, pre-independence India and modern day ISIS. "Poverty Safari" by Darren McGarvey - A stunning polemic and sort of memoir about modern-day poverty (particularly in the UK). Will change your mind, whether your politics leans to the left or the right "Anmerkungen…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗I’ll add my recommendation for “Poverty Safari”, it’s an eye-opening read.
on “As Scotland's 'Trainspotting' Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up” ↗