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"Evicted" is one of the most crushing books I've read. Desmond does a good job of showing how the feedback loop of poverty works.

• misiti3780 9y ago
  Im reading it now and feel the same way. Extremely depressing.
• marnett 9y ago
  commonwealth club had him in SF last week. It was nice hearing from him.
• milofeynman 9y ago
  Is the Gates foundation currently working to tackle the issue of poverty in America?
  • burkaman 9y ago
    Yes: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/US-Program/Washington-State https://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/US-Program/Washin...
• carlob 9y ago
  But it's also one of the best non-fiction books I've read in my whole life: incredibly humane and well researched!