Matthew Desmond

professor of sociology at Princeton University, founding director of the Eviction Lab, author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City”

Sociologist at Princeton University and author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond on KCRW

The book “Poverty, By America” argues that we can end poverty in this country – if those who are better off would be willing to do with a little less.

US is world’s richest country. Why does it have so much poverty?

The book “Poverty, By America” argues that we can end poverty in this country – if those who are better off would be willing to do with a little less.

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It’s not cheap to live in Santa Barbara.

The human toll of evictions

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Eviction -- it used to be a rare occurrence, a last resort for the worst tenants. Now it’s more common than many people may realize.

The Eviction Industrial Complex

Eviction -- it used to be a rare occurrence, a last resort for the worst tenants. Now it’s more common than many people may realize.

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