Good interview with Alissa Quart, director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Marketplace posted a short excerpt from her book, but imo listening to the interview was more valuable than reading the book excerpt:
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/04/03/in-bootstrapped-self-made-a-dystopian-social-safety-net-in-america/
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"Bootstrapped": The self-made myth and the “dystopian social safety net” it created

Journalist Alissa Quart says America’s myths about self-reliance have overshadowed the roles that communities play in financial success.

Marketplace