These came about from a new ethos that government should create a higher standard of living. In the 1930s and 40s in America there was a boom in public amenities such as schools and libraries, as well as large public pools. One of the best ways to represent McGhee’s central idea is the story of the “drained public pool”. In April, she joined Sarah Kaplan of the Institute for Gender and Economy for a discussion on these ideas, where they come from, and what we can do moving forward.
In The Sum of Us, McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Mississippi to Maine, tallying up what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm–the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others.
Heather McGhee’s book, The Sum of Us, explores the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us-including white people.
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