Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond (Poverty, by America) is a sociologist and author. Matthew joins Armchair Expert to discuss why he became interested in studying poverty in America, how people are being priced out of their own neighborhoods, and what solutions he feels would help unhoused people the most. Matthew and Dax talk about why a wealthy country can have such a large wage gap, what metrics the government uses to define who an impoverished person is, and how some financial institutions are predatory towards people with less money. Matthew explains why people should change their outlook on paying taxes, how welfare dependency is not as common as people think, and what he thinks caused the mass amount of economic inflation.
Matthew Desmond: @just_shelter
Armchair Expert: @armchairexppod
Dax Shepard: @daxshepard
Hosted by: Dax Shepard
Associate Producer: Emma Lawrence
Edited by: Monica Padman & Emma Lawrence
Mixed & Mastered by: Billy Klein