Sasha Abramsky
Auteur van The House of Twenty Thousand Books
Over de Auteur
Sasha Abramsky is a freelance journalist author, and a part time lecturer in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis. He is currently a senior fellow at Demos, the New York City-based think tank. His work or poverty was funded by a grant from the Open Society toon meer Foundations' Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation. Abramsky lives in Sacramento, California. toon minder
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Werken van Sasha Abramsky
American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment (2007) 48 exemplaren
Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World’s First Female Sports Superstar (2020) 27 exemplaren
Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to The White House (2006) 16 exemplaren
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- 1972
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
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- England
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- Sacramento, California, USA
London, England, UK - Opleiding
- University of Oxford (Balliol College)
- Beroepen
- journalist
author - Relaties
- Abramsky, Chimen (grandfather)
Abramsky, Kolya (brother) - Organisaties
- University of California, Davis
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His position did skew a bit liberal and political, and he made various comments that insinuated Democrats have always been kind and generous to the poor, while Republicans have always been selfish and stingy. This obvious bias left a bad taste in my mouth.
While I didn't agree with everything he said, he did give me some things to think about, and some of the solutions proposed would be fairly easy to implement - such as higher taxes for the very wealthy.
Though published fairly recently (2013), some of the information is already outdated as far as what aid is available and the restrictions for recipients.
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