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This is because people who are denied basic rights-in this case, access to housing-become so desperate that they are forced to accept exploitative treatment because they have no other choice. Given that impoverished people have very little money themselves, how is it possible that wealthier people are able to generate significant profits through them? Where does this money come from? In Evicted, Desmond emphasizes that although the exploitation of the very poor may not initially appear to be a profitable venture, a lot of money can be made in this way.

Evicted addresses one of the darkest aspects of capitalism: the fact that it is possible for wealthy people to make enormous profits by exploiting those who live in what Matthew Desmond calls “grinding poverty.” This might seem surprising at first.