# 2023 National Book Festival: 'Poverty, by America' with Matthew Desmond

Poverty is expensive, not only for the people experiencing it but for America as a whole. Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Evicted," will discuss his new book, "Poverty, by America," which asks why the richest nation on earth has more poverty than any other nation. Desmond will be in conversation with Frederick Wherry.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661386/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2025661386?play=1)