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I was struck by how the deprivations that people experience can lead to eccentric kinds of compensation—like the hoarding syndrome of some of the poor.
Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
CHAPTER 7 INVEST IN ENDING POVERTY
Matthew Desmond • Poverty, by America
In America, losing a job means making a hundred phone calls to a state unemployment-insurance system. Getting hit by a car means becoming your own hospital-billing expert. Having a disability means launching into a Jarndyce v. Jarndyce–type legal battle. Needing help to feed a toddler means filling out a novel-length application for aid.