The Michael Steele Podcast Quick Take: Poverty Abolitionists
Apr 22, 2023
18:32
This is an excerpt from the episode "Imagining A Land Without Poverty: With Matthew Desmond."
Michael Steele is joined by Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," and Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Matthew discusses his new book, “Poverty, By America," which looks at why America hasn't made more progress in ending poverty, how the pandemic reframed eviction and government response to poverty and how wealthy and middle class Americans perpetuate a system that keeps poor people poor.
If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to leave a review or tell a friend!
Check out the book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Poverty-America-Matthew-Desmond/dp/0593239911
Join the movement to end poverty: https://endpovertyusa.org/
Follow Matthew Desmond @just_shelter
Follow Michael @MichaelSteele
Follow the Podcast @steele_podcast
Michael Steele is joined by Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," and Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Matthew discusses his new book, “Poverty, By America," which looks at why America hasn't made more progress in ending poverty, how the pandemic reframed eviction and government response to poverty and how wealthy and middle class Americans perpetuate a system that keeps poor people poor.
If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to leave a review or tell a friend!
Check out the book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Poverty-America-Matthew-Desmond/dp/0593239911
Join the movement to end poverty: https://endpovertyusa.org/
Follow Matthew Desmond @just_shelter
Follow Michael @MichaelSteele
Follow the Podcast @steele_podcast