I'm looking for non fiction books that shed some light on wealth inequality in America, basically anything that is about wealth inequality, criminalization of poverty, capitalism and the concentration of wealth, the roots of wealth inequality, first person accounts or well researched narratives to show the reduced quality of life that comes from being poor and the one I'm most curious about which is the high cost of being poor like the constant stress, scarcity mindset,higher interest rates and how hard it is for poor people to find a home or apartment to rent because of bad credit
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I’ve not read it myself but “Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich was super popular in its time and is about exactly this. It may be a little dated but could be a good starting point.
For a more macroeconomic view of inequality, I can recommend “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty. He has a more recent booked called “A Brief History of Equality” that I haven’t read yet but my understanding is that it covers similar ground in a somewhat less academic way.