Wealth and poverty Book

DNF.
The opening premise of this book (updated version)--that the fall of the Soviet Union represents the failure of socialism, and therefore the triumph of laissez-faire capitalism--is clearly false. Democratic socialism is thriving all over the place in Europe, Canada, etc. In the U.S., the military and other programs operate on a socialist model. Unregulated free market capitalism is an ideological construct, not a reality in any successful major country that I am aware of.
Another major assumption--that entrepreneurs motivated by profit/greed/competition are necessary for progress--is also false. For example, the miracles of modern medicine like penicillin and the polio vaccine were created by curious and well-meaning scientists working at non-profits.
Honest, useful businesses welcome both regulation and competition. It's not either/or.
As for the causes of chronic intergenerational poverty in America, his discussion is in a context of no context.