Socioeconomic Books

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Poverty, by America Poverty, by America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 65,366 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 — 25,313 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 — 119,320 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)
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avg rating 4.11 — 51,523 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 — 116,679 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 — 196,368 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 — 6,123 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 4.06 — 889 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 3.91 — 3,166 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 — 28,003 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 — 701 ratings — published 2023
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 35,996 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 — 9,714 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 — 7,249 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 — 1,834 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 — 120,447 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 — 15,010 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 — 173,614 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 — 7,190 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 — 176,938 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 — 372,806 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 — 8,967 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 — 3,700 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)
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avg rating 4.70 — 19,898 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)
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avg rating 4.19 — 32,843 ratings — published 2018
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,925,580 ratings — published 2018
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.62 — 268,307 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 — 15,046 ratings — published 2019
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Free Lunch Free Lunch (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 11,443 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 — 510,798 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 — 47,570 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 — 44,070 ratings — published 2014
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Genesis Begins Again Genesis Begins Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as socioeconomic)
avg rating 4.33 — 9,004 ratings — published 2019
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No Fixed Address No Fixed Address (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,951 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 — 75,332 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 — 2,775 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 — 30,644 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 — 65,477 ratings — published 2012
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 13,715 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 — 25,533 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 — 57,881 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 — 35,108 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 — 58,959 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 — 206,828 ratings — published 2001
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Class Matters Class Matters (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,656 ratings — published 2005
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The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as socioeconomic)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,480 ratings — published 2013
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,110 ratings — published 2020
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The Present Age The Present Age (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,817 ratings — published 1846
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Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 126 ratings — published 2023
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Uncounted: the Crisis of Voter Suppression in the United States Uncounted: the Crisis of Voter Suppression in the United States (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 87 ratings — published 2020
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Steven Pinker
“The main reason that violence correlates with low socioeconomic status today is that the elites and the middle class pursue justice with the legal system while the lower classes resort to what scholars of violence call “self-help.”
Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Asa Don Brown
“...Domestic violence occurs at all socioeconomic levels.”
Asa Don Brown

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