Professor of Sociology and principal investigator at Princeton’s University’s Eviction Lab, Matthew Desmond featured on RTÉ Radio 1’s Saturday morning business programme.
Growing up near Route 66 in Arizona he worked three jobs while putting himself through college, one of which was fighting wildfires in a forest near his home.
In 2008 he decided to focus his research on the housing crisis.
It is an interesting interview. Desmond claims that if a small percentage of the super rich in the US paid their lawful taxes, it would go a long way in solving the homeless catastrophe in the US, as he says, the richest land on the planet.
He is scathing how the rich and privileged play every trick in the book to keep the poor poor.
Below is the clip
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22238592/
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