The Gender Pay Gap

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The Gender Pay Gap

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Oct 3, 2021

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Tim Harford talks to Planet Money’s Stacey Vanek Smith about the gender pay gap in the US and the UK – and how Renaissance writer, Machiavelli might be an unlikely source of inspiration for women in the workplace.

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Oct 3, 2021

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The Gender Pay Gap

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