![]() ![]() Low wages are kept low for the benefit of the more affluent. ![]() He says that this problem is often especially acute in communities known for their otherwise progressive politics. ![]() ![]() He argues that regulations ranging from zoning to environmental laws are being used to block affordable housing, a key factor that is driving the homeless crisis. He is a professor of sociology at Princeton University, a recipient of a MacArthur “genius” fellowship, and was named by Politico in 2016 as one of “fifty people across the country who are most influencing the national political debate.” That is the argument made by Matthew Desmond in his bestselling new book, “Poverty, by America.” Desmond won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2016 book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," which was named by Book Riot as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the last century. The answer is that, knowingly or unknowingly, many of us benefit from keeping poor people poor. the richest country in the world - have the most poverty of any advanced democracy? Why are homeless encampments popping up from Seattle to Burlington? ![]()
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