Socioeconomic Books

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Poverty, by America Poverty, by America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 66,300 ratings — published 2023
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.61 — 25,604 ratings — published 2019
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 119,916 ratings — published 2010
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.11 — 51,671 ratings — published 2021
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 117,530 ratings — published 2016
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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avg rating 3.66 — 196,644 ratings — published 2001
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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,183 ratings — published 2020
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Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 917 ratings — published 2025
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White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 3,211 ratings — published 2024
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 28,074 ratings — published 2014
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The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 716 ratings — published 2023
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 36,530 ratings — published 2018
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Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 9,751 ratings — published 2008
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The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 7,283 ratings — published 2009
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Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,852 ratings — published 2021
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 120,752 ratings — published 2019
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 15,074 ratings — published 2016
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.16 — 174,042 ratings — published 2018
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 7,219 ratings — published 2008
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.33 — 179,408 ratings — published 2019
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 374,472 ratings — published 2015
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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 9,011 ratings — published 2017
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Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.21 — 3,725 ratings — published 2020
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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.70 — 20,157 ratings — published 2021
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.19 — 32,947 ratings — published 2018
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,948,627 ratings — published 2018
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.62 — 270,203 ratings — published 2014
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Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.22 — 15,123 ratings — published 2019
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Free Lunch Free Lunch (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 11,594 ratings — published 2019
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.83 — 512,881 ratings — published 2016
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.43 — 48,069 ratings — published 2017
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.21 — 44,394 ratings — published 2014
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Genesis Begins Again Genesis Begins Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.33 — 9,036 ratings — published 2019
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No Fixed Address No Fixed Address (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 6,005 ratings — published 2018
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.94 — 75,488 ratings — published 2004
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When My Heart Joins the Thousand: An Emotional Debut YA Romance About Autistic and Chronically Ill Teens Finding Hope When My Heart Joins the Thousand: An Emotional Debut YA Romance About Autistic and Chronically Ill Teens Finding Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,780 ratings — published 2018
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,839 ratings — published 2016
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.08 — 66,331 ratings — published 2012
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,791 ratings — published 2010
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.77 — 25,648 ratings — published 2016
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March: Book One (March, #1) March: Book One (March, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.34 — 58,146 ratings — published 2013
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Capital in the Twenty First Century Capital in the Twenty First Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 35,246 ratings — published 2013
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.10 — 59,355 ratings — published 2012
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,917 ratings — published 2001
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Class Matters Class Matters (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,658 ratings — published 2005
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Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.85 — 9,603 ratings — published 2000
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Bear, Otter, and the Kid (Bear, Otter, and the Kid, #1) Bear, Otter, and the Kid (Bear, Otter, and the Kid, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.18 — 15,774 ratings — published 2011
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Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.49 — 68 ratings — published 2026
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Michele McKnight Baker
“That's a lot of what the ghetto is, a reflection of poor self esteem”
Michele Mcknight Baker, Sandpaper Sisters: Addicts Turned Community Builders, Miracles Do Happen!

“Break free of the deception that exists in many cultures – the lie that speaks of power as inherently evil. Consider instead that weakness, poverty, and passivity, are often more dangerous than power. Weakness, poverty, and passivity often lead to paths that do not serve you individually – paths that do not serve us collectively, and paths that do not serve us spiritually.”
Kevin L. Michel, The 7 Laws of Quantum Power

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