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Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn
"Talent is universal. Opportunity is not."
This was a difficult book to read simply because it was a well argued and extensively researched book about the incredible damage that rising income inequality is doing to our country.
Personally, I felt that the authors did an incredible job, and while I was a little overwhelmed by the scale of the issues they were describing, I appreciated their resistance to simple solutions, which was something I struggled with in their previous book, [b:Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide|6260997|Half the Sky Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide|Nicholas D. Kristof|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320486170l/6260997._SX50_.jpg|6444203].
This book is also definitely biased, although even here, I think they do a good job of sticking to the economics and the numbers and resisting the politicization of these issues.
My one major issue is that while this book is surprisingly easy to read given the incredible amount of economic and policy explanations they get into, the balance between anecdotes and policy can feel heavy handed and clunky at times. Plus, the level of repetition in anecdotal sections is sometimes frustrating (I got really sick of the Number 6 Bus).
Overall, this hit me hard on a personal level and I got a lot out of it. I would guess that most Americans would also benefit from reading it, but I think the writing and the political bias is likely to make it polarizing to some.
This was a difficult book to read simply because it was a well argued and extensively researched book about the incredible damage that rising income inequality is doing to our country.
Personally, I felt that the authors did an incredible job, and while I was a little overwhelmed by the scale of the issues they were describing, I appreciated their resistance to simple solutions, which was something I struggled with in their previous book, [b:Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide|6260997|Half the Sky Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide|Nicholas D. Kristof|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320486170l/6260997._SX50_.jpg|6444203].
This book is also definitely biased, although even here, I think they do a good job of sticking to the economics and the numbers and resisting the politicization of these issues.
My one major issue is that while this book is surprisingly easy to read given the incredible amount of economic and policy explanations they get into, the balance between anecdotes and policy can feel heavy handed and clunky at times. Plus, the level of repetition in anecdotal sections is sometimes frustrating (I got really sick of the Number 6 Bus).
Overall, this hit me hard on a personal level and I got a lot out of it. I would guess that most Americans would also benefit from reading it, but I think the writing and the political bias is likely to make it polarizing to some.