The High Cost of Being Poor

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Three years ago, the Covid-19 pandemic struck the United States, and the economy sputtered in the direction of collapse. Social distancing protocols caused businesses to shutter, and millions of Americans lost their jobs. Between February and April 2020, the unemployment rate doubled—then it doubled again. During the worst week of the Great Recession of the […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/03/21/the-high-cost-of-being-poor-matthew-desmond/

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