'Poverty, By America' argues America profits by keeping people poor
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How to Deal With Poverty
Matthew Desmond is a sociologist at Princeton University and author of Poverty by America. He says the civil rights movement put unrelenting pressure on federal policymakers in the 1960s to tackle poverty. Desmond: "How do you not fall into despair when people will go, but that's very hard"
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