Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are
The result – a dazzling mix of journalism, data visualization and memoir – is both a joy to read and a serious provocation ... a riveting exemplar of financial transparency ... Considering its bedrock is hard numerical data, Ten Lives is a deeply affecting book. Her subjects’ stories reveal how easily systemic problems such as lack of affordable healthcare or childcare can overturn lives in modern America.
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It’s a fascinating portrait of American capitalism and gives readers an opportunity to peer into the finances of others ... At times, the anecdotes from her life can feel a little awkward. When her mother needs care, Chalabi says she thought of everything to pay for private support, including 'marrying a rich bastard' — a statement that seems oddly generic and cliched ... It’s a vocal, passionate book that takes aim at the one percent and those who occupy the ever tinier percentiles of more extreme wealth. Chalabi argues for a fairer system that would put less pressure on everyone, rather than the current version of capitalism, which keeps us 'running and running and running.'
...an eye-catching investigation into income inequality ... It’s a damning bird’s-eye view of a society with no safety net.
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