Matthew Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton. His last book, Evicted Poverty and Profit in the American City won a Pulitzer Prize. Desmond: "I want to be part of the movement that's growing around the country ... not to treat it, but to cure it" He says we can raise enough money to lift everyone out of poverty.
RUFUS GRISCOM: Could you share with us your broader mission and how your new book, “Poverty, by America,” supports that mission?
MATTHEW DESMOND: I want to end poverty. I want to be part of the movement that’s growing around the country not to treat it but to cure it, not to reduce it but to abolish it. And I say that because we can. We can, as a country, put an end to all this scarcity and deprivation in our midst.