Opinion Today: Poverty in America makes the rich richer

Which is why so little has been done to end it. 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The remarkable article that resulted from Edsall’s trip, “[Is Poverty a Kind of Robbery?](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl-tDLP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly9hcmNoaXZlLm55dGltZXMuY29tL2NhbXBhaWduc3RvcHMuYmxvZ3Mubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxMi8wOS8xNi9pcy1wb3ZlcnR5LWEta2luZC1vZi1yb2JiZXJ5Lz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDMyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04ODE4MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjgyNjgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmQXy0sYZBeV5AlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)” introduced me to Desmond’s sociological work, which asked a question that really pushed me and our readers: “If exploitation long has helped to create the slum and its inhabitants, if it long has been a clear, direct and systematic cause of poverty and social suffering, why, then, has this ugly word — exploitation — been erased from current theories of urban poverty?” In his presentation, Desmond noted that when he began his fieldwork in Milwaukee — which he eventually turned into the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “[Evicted](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl-tDLP0SwaHR0cHM6Ly9ldmljdGVkYm9vay5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwMzIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTg4MTgxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyODI2OCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZBfLSxhkF5XkCVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)” — he wondered “why middle- and upper-class landlords would buy and manage property in some of Milwaukee’s roughest neighborhoods.” By the end of his fieldwork, he said, “I wondered why they wouldn’t.” As one of the landlords he spoke with put it, “This moment right now, it’s going to create a lot of millionaires. You know, if you have money right now, you can profit from other people’s failures.” This idea — that poverty in America is no accident, that it makes many of us comfortable, even rich — has driven Desmond’s work ever since. It is one of the arguments that animates his new book, “[Poverty, by America](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl-tDLP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9ib29rcy82NzU2ODMvcG92ZXJ0eS1ieS1hbWVyaWNhLWJ5LW1hdHRoZXctZGVzbW9uZC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzAzMjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9ODgxODEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTI4MjY4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkF8tLGGQXleQJUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~),” an [excerpt](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl-tDLP4QbAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDMvMDkvbWFnYXppbmUvcG92ZXJ0eS1ieS1hbWVyaWNhLW1hdHRoZXctZGVzbW9uZC5odG1sP2FjdGlvbj1jbGljayZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDMyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04ODE4MSZtb2R1bGU9UmVsYXRlZExpbmtzJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcGd0eXBlPUFydGljbGUmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyODI2OCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZBfLSxhkF5XkCVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that ran in The New York Times Magazine and his [guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl-tDLP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wMy8xNi9vcGluaW9uL3BvdmVydHktYWJvbGl0aW9uLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDMyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04ODE4MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjgyNjgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmQXy0sYZBeV5AlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). 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This book is my late-arriving reply, in a way.” [Read the full essay here.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl-tDLP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wMy8xNi9vcGluaW9uL3BvdmVydHktYWJvbGl0aW9uLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDMyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04ODE4MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjgyNjgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmQXy0sYZBeV5AlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [[Article Image] Photo illustration by Guillem Casasus; photograph by Javier Zayas Photography](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl-tDLP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wMy8xNi9vcGluaW9uL3BvdmVydHktYWJvbGl0aW9uLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDMyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04ODE4MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjgyNjgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmQXy0sYZBeV5AlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [GUEST ESSAY America Is in a Disgraced Class of Its Own This rich country has the means to abolish poverty. 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