"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? . . . Sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. . . . This book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions"--Provided by publisher.
