America’s Poverty is by Design

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Jul 12, 202348:09Society & Culture

America is the richest country on earth, and yet we have the highest levels of poverty of any advanced democracy. Why is that? And what should we do about it? Matthew Desmond joins Ben and Khalil to discuss the rousing a...

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