3 Quotes by Jennifer Schuessler

In person, Mr. Desmond mixes low-key friendliness and on-message discipline.

He is blunt in his moral assessment, brandishing a word that he says has gone missing in the broader poverty debate: “exploitation.

Poverty is not just a sad accident. Yes, it’s partly about lack of jobs, “but it’s also a result of the fact that some people make a lot of money off low-income families and directly contribute to their poverty.” Matthew Desmond