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Matthew Desmond: Poverty, by America [2023] hardback ZMUSI Check your junk/spam folderA searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Evicted The United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. One in seven Americans live below the poverty line, a line which hasn't shifted over the last fifty years, despite the efforts of successive governments and extensive relief programs. Why is there so much scarcity in this land of dollars? In Poverty, by America,