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On the surface, Broke is exactly what it sounds like it would be--a book full of anecdotes, narrated by Stein but told mostly without commentary, about how his patients deal with money. But the format is just a narrative device, really, meant to illustrate Stein's larger point, which is that when people are poor, their lives are hard in ways that are always unique and frequently unmanageable--to the point where day-to-day survival must take precedent over their long-term goals. --GQ Magazine

On the surface, Broke is exactly what it sounds like it would be--a book full of anecdotes, narrated by Stein but told mostly without commentary, about how his patients deal with money. But the format is just a narrative device, really, meant to illustrate Stein's larger point, which is that when people are poor, their lives are hard in ways that are always unique and frequently unmanageable--to the point where day-to-day survival must take precedent over their long-term goals.--GQ Magazine

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Michael Stein, M.D., is professor of health law, policy, and management at Boston University.

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