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Factually! with Adam Conover cover image

The Real Cause of Poverty with Matthew Desmond

Factually! with Adam Conover

CHAPTER

The Benefits of the Mortgage Interest Deduction

The demand is always for means testing. Hey, we can't give the subsidy to people who have a lot of money. We have to make sure you got to be really poor to get it. Most white Americans own their home; most black and Latinx Americans are renters. So it's really hard to think of a better social policy for amplifying our economic and racial inequality.

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