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Ezra Klein cited Wilson's book while discussing King's views on economic inequality, noting it as a key reference.
the book The Truly Disadvantaged by William Julius Wilson
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Ezra Klein cited Wilson's book while discussing King's views on economic inequality, noting it as a key reference.
the book The Truly Disadvantaged by William Julius Wilson
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It was noted as the 1987 work that first explained the changing nature of urban poverty and inspired the speaker to become a social scientist.
The second book that I'll mention is the book that made me want to be a social scientist. And that's William Julius Wilson's book The Truly Disadvantaged. This was published in 1987 and it was the book that first put forward an explanation for how urban poverty had changed over time. I read this book in college and ... The Truly Disadvantaged is what first inspired me to go down that road.