53 min listen
Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?
FromOpen to Debate
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Jul 16, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Economic inequality has become a linchpin of modern politics. As nations around the world face a reckoning on racial and social justice and work to combat the economic impacts of the pandemic, we ask: Is it time to redistribute the wealth? Should we address growing inequality by overhauling our tax system, expanding our social safety nets, and investing more in public initiatives like universal health care, education, and infrastructure? Or would a wealth transfer unduly punish the economic elite, destroy the promise of a meritocracy, and inevitably lead to excessive government intervention in our social and economic lives?
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Released:
Jul 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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