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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by

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jesssicaweil's review against another edition

4.0

Read via audiobook. I may have gotten more out of it if I had read a print version (since there are so many names to keep track of), but ultimately am glad I read this even if I didn’t catch everything.

Bottom line is eviction results in the destabilization of communities and families and (obviously) does not help with job retention, and the laws currently in place in the US reinforce the cycle of poverty and often encourage eviction. Would recommend reading if you’d like to learn more in detail from the pov of the families living in poverty in Milwaukee.

ndc97's review against another edition

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4.0

This ethnography reveals the humanity of poverty that our society typically refuses to acknowledge. America has a poverty problem. As Desmond says in his conclusion, no American value, moral code, or holy teaching can defend how bad we’ve allowed this poverty problem to become. This book was so necessary.