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Episode 3: The Most Unequal Region -- with Lydia Assouad

Episode 3: The Most Unequal Region -- with Lydia Assouad

FromInequaliTalks


Episode 3: The Most Unequal Region -- with Lydia Assouad

FromInequaliTalks

ratings:
Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Sep 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Lydia Assouad revisits the "Arab Inequality puzzle" : survey estimates suggest that inequality in the Middle East is not particularly high. In reality, the Middle East is the most unequal region in the world, with both enormous inequality between countries and large inequality within countries.
Recommendations:
- Comics "Palestine" by Joe Sacco
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine
- Movie "Capernaum" by Nadine Labaki
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8267604/
Paper:
- "Rethinking the Lebanese economic miracle: The extreme concentration of income and wealth in Lebanon 2005-2014" by Lydia Assouad
https://wid.world/document/rethinking-lebanese-economic-miracle-extreme-concentration-income-wealth-lebanon-2005-2014-wid-world-working-paper-201713/
Released:
Sep 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (37)

What is the most unequal region of the world? How deep does gender discrimination run in our societies? What happens to poor households during a housing boom? How is land distributed today? How can minimum wage reduce racial inequality? Can we really expect politicians to fix inequality? InequaliTalks presents accessible research done by young economists on one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation: inequality. InequaliTalks is supported by School of Cities at the University of Toronto.