I Don't Believe That About Us, but We Believe That

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"I watch a lot of shark tank, which is funny because it's contrary to so much of what I, this conversation that we're having right now," he said. "It's such a contrast with the story that we tell ourselves." He says Americans don't believe they are as industrious and hardworking as they think they are. The interview will air at 9 p.m. ET on CNN.

Pulitzer Prize winning sociologist, professor at Princeton University and author of the book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond joins Adam this week to discuss the physical effects poverty has on the people living in it, the lack of a national conversation about the housing crisis, and how the "American Dream" story is hurting us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.