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I've mentioned this book here before, but I can't stress enough how good it is. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America: https://www.amazon.com/2-00-

• black_13 7y ago
  Its ironic that to describe book Requires amazon
• joe_the_user 7y ago
  "..households surviving on virtually no cash income..." This is talking about people living on less than $2/day cash income. Which is still quite different from trying to get all needs with $2 cash each day, something that is more or less impossible in the US today. Those without cash live on hand-outs, soup kitchens and government assistance. Certainly, US poverty has gotten worse over the last twenty years and is a serious problem, of course. But it seems like the focus on $2/day in particular fails to see poverty in any holistic sense. Counter point from the Guardian on the whole Gates approach: "Bill Gates says poverty is decreasing. He couldn’t be more wrong" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/29/bill-gates-davos-global-poverty-infographic-neoliberal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/29/bill-g...
  • neom 7y ago
    It a collection of stories that help build empathy.......