After Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer for Evicted,about families struggling to stay housed, the Princeton sociologist realized he still didn't understand why the U.S. has more poverty than any other advanced democracy.
His new book Poverty, By America, provides a provocative and compelling answer: It's because the rest of us benefit from it, and act to keep it that way.
Learn more from Matthew Desmond in this brief interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw5GoTq2vBE