.Chris_arnade took a 150,000-mile, multi-year journey through unthriving America—urban and rural, black and white
Eago Chris Arnade, a physicist turned Wall Street trader, ventured up to Hunts Point, a rough and isolated section of the South Bronx, armed with curiosity and a camera. A habitual walker, Mr Arnade had begun to feel a sort of moral restlessness in the wake of the financial crisis. In his view, his industry was responsible for—yet largely insulated from—the effects of the recession.He realised that he knew far too little about the many Americans who were much poorer than his social circle.
Mr Arnade offers a handy framework for thinking about inequality. People like him are “akin to the kids who sat in the front row”—strivers eager to learn and achieve. Front-row people believe in science, data and progress. They cluster in big cities, often leaving their home towns behind, both for the sake of opportunity or because they felt judged, out of place and hemmed in. They are careerists, often liberal in politics but afflicted by immense blind spots.
More important, jobs conferred dignity. This, argues Mr Arnade, is what the front row routinely denies the back row, and what he seeks in some measure to restore. On that score, his book succeeds. Mr Arnade went to a lot of places that his peers have little cause to visit. He talked to a lot of people who are often ignored, and has rendered them visible.
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