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$2.99 | Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (eBook) by Matthew Desmond

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Author: Matthew Desmond
Publisher: Crown
Publication date: March 1, 2016
Print length: 415 pages
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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 TWO DECADES

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic "has set a new standard for reporting on poverty" (Barbara Ehrenreich,
The New York Times Book Review).

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as "wrenching and revelatory" (The Nation), "vivid and unsettling" (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America's most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: President Barack Obama, The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, Esquire, BuzzFeed, Fortune, San Francisco Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Politico, The Week, Chicago Public Library, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Shelf Awareness

WINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism • The PEN/New England Award • The Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize

FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE

"Evicted stands among the very best of the social justice books."—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth

"Gripping and moving—tragic, too."—Jesmyn Ward, author of Salvage the Bones

"Evicted is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty."—San Francisco Chronicle

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Author: Matthew Desmond
Publisher: Crown
Publication date: March 1, 2016
Print length: 415 pages
Great on Kindle: ✅

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 TWO DECADES

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic "has set a new standard for reporting on poverty" (Barbara Ehrenreich,
The New York Times Book Review).

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as "wrenching and revelatory" (The Nation), "vivid and unsettling" (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America's most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: President Barack Obama, The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, Esquire, BuzzFeed, Fortune, San Francisco Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Politico, The Week, Chicago Public Library, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Shelf Awareness

WINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism • The PEN/New England Award • The Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize

FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE

"Evicted stands among the very best of the social justice books."—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth

"Gripping and moving—tragic, too."—Jesmyn Ward, author of Salvage the Bones

"Evicted is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty."—San Francisco Chronicle

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Oct 31, 2026 7:39 PM
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FaithfulWinter176Oct 31, 2026 7:39 PM
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Apparently, it's a book that blames landlords when tenants don't pay their rent. And, the author's solution is to throw government money at it. Not trying to read a depressing account of irresponsible people and their commensurate misery
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thatguymarkOct 31, 2026 8:44 PM
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Quote from FaithfulWinter176 View quoted comment :
Apparently, it's a book that blames landlords when tenants don't pay their rent. And, the author's solution is to throw government money at it. Not trying to read a depressing account of irresponsible people and their commensurate misery
Is that from the AI summary? The post starts with the word "apparently" which would seem to indicate the person has not read the book, but then that raises the question where this information is from. Is it unreasonable to want some kind of source now?
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Riptide360Nov 2, 2026 4:38 AM
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Read his other book Poverty by America and it was an eye opener to the huge tax payer subsidies given to the wealthy. Mortgage deduction. Retirement tax defferal. Tax avoidance in education funding. Sheltering investment income. The list goes on.
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Nov 3, 2026 7:24 PM
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WittyMitten653Nov 3, 2026 7:24 PM
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Quote from FaithfulWinter176 View quoted comment :
Apparently, it's a book that blames landlords when tenants don't pay their rent. And, the author's solution is to throw government money at it. Not trying to read a depressing account of irresponsible people and their commensurate misery
I think the profile pic summarizes their level of thoughtfulness on this topic. Clearly there is no problem with housing in America.
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