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What it means to be a "good" rich person

What it means to be a "good" rich person

FromThe Gray Area with Sean Illing


What it means to be a "good" rich person

FromThe Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Vox columnist Anne Helen Petersen talks with sociologist Rachel Sherman about her research into the anxieties of wealthy people and their desire to be seen as "middle class." Sherman's work exposes the flawed stories we tell ourselves about who qualifies as middle class and who qualifies as "good" in the US.
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Released:
Jan 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Winner of the 2020 Webby and People's Voice awards for best interview podcast. Ezra Klein brings you far-reaching conversations about hard problems, big ideas, illuminating theories, and cutting-edge research. Want to know how Stacey Abrams feels about identity politics? How Hasan Minhaj is reinventing political comedy? The plans behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans? How Michael Lewis reads minds? This is the podcast for you. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.