A profit comparison is rebuilt after the cost objection
Present concrete inputs and the intermediate reasoning steps that connect them to a conclusion, including a revealing wrong move or alternative where available.
Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond · 53 weeksA profit comparison is rebuilt after the cost objection
SHORT SOURCE EXCERPT“We investigated this as well”
Desmond describes estimating landlord profits from revenue and regular costs, then raises the possibility that repairs, missed payments and vacancies account for the difference. He reports a second calculation including those costs and explicitly separates high-cost housing markets from the pattern he describes elsewhere.
The reader sees an initial comparison, a rival explanation, a revised calculation and a scope limit. Those stages let the evidence do more than lend numerical authority.
The source in context.
The argument extends from what workers earn to what people pay for housing and financial services. Desmond examines landlord returns, tests a cost-based alternative account, and traces constraints that keep renters from reaching cheaper or better options.
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The reader sees an initial comparison, a rival explanation, a revised calculation and a scope limit. Those stages let the evidence do more than lend numerical authority.
Its limit
The numbers are the book’s report of its study. This editorial analysis checks the argumentative sequence, not the underlying data or causal interpretation.
Source & edition
Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America; supplied local ebook text identifying First edition, Crown, 2023, ebook ISBN 9780593239926.
Supplied text, lines 556–562. The short quotation is checked against the source.
The completed whole-source AI synthesis supplied candidate observations and the broad argument map. This Codex editorial pass checked original source headings, section boundaries, openings and selected argumentative contexts; inspected every retained example; checked the existing pattern dictionary and base examples; and rewrote or rejected nominations. It is a source-checked editorial pass, not a new independently adjudicated whole-book reading.
supplied local ebook text identifying First edition, Crown, 2023, ebook ISBN 9780593239926