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Incluso en las zonas más desoladas de las ciudades estadounidenses, los desahucios solían ser acontecimientos raros. Hoy en día, sin embargo, las familias pobres se ven obligadas a invertir más de la mitad de sus ingresos en el alquiler de sus viviendas, y el desahucio se ha convertido en algo cotidiano, especialmente en el caso de las madres solteras. De los barrios marginales a los refugios, de los juzgados a los guetos, Matthew Desmond pasó años registrando las historias de aquellos que luchan por sobrevivir y no se dan por vencidos.

In this rousing conversation, Pulitzer-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond talks about his new listen, Poverty, by America. He discusses with Audible Editor Alanna ways in which the United States has the resources to end poverty in America—but hasn’t done it yet—and he outlines how we can all fight against systemic oppression.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST...

The United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. One in seven Americans live below the poverty line, a line which hasn't shifted over the last fifty years, despite the efforts of successive governments and extensive relief programs. Why is there so much scarcity in this land of dollars? In Poverty, by America, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond examines the nature of American poverty today and the stories we tell ourselves about it.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Evicted by Mathew Desomond, read by Dion Graham. Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years. Doreen's home is so filthy her family call it 'the rat hole'...