The Divide
American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
by Matt Taibbi
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Sociology, Finance, and Politics.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, AND KIRKUS REVIEWSA scathing portrait of an urgent new American crisis Over the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery: Poverty goes up. Crime goes down. The prison population doubles.Fraud by the rich ...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Sociology, Finance, and Politics.
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Brent Hatley
“@mtaibbi That story in your book is maddening. The Divide is one of the best, most enlightening books I've ever read along with @radleybalko's "Rise of the Warrior Cop."”
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