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Tightrope : : Americans Reaching for Hope

Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- Book - 2020 306.097 Kr, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Socioeconomics / Kristof, Nicholas D. 4 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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The kids on the number 6 school bus -- "We're no. 61!" -- When jobs disappear -- American aristocracy -- How America went astray -- Drug dealers in lab coats -- Losing the war on drugs -- Up by the bootstraps -- Deaths of despair -- Interventions that work -- Universal health care: one day, one town -- Homeless in a rich nation -- The escape artists -- A shot in the face -- God save the family -- The marriage of true minds -- We eat our young -- Raising troubled kids -- Creating more escape artists -- America regained -- Appendix: Ten steps you can take in the next ten minutes to make a difference.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020
Year Published: 2020
Description: 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780525655084
0525655085

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-

SUBJECTS
Poor -- United States -- Social conditions.
Working class -- United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-