The Real Story of Gentrification

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 5, 2019

Matthew Schuerman, senior editor at WNYC and the author of Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents (University of Chicago Press, 2019) talks about his new book, an exploration of the ambiguities around gentrification – who wins, who loses, and why it's such a flashpoint, drawing on examples from Brooklyn, Chicago and San Francisco.

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