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#11: Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination
In this episode, Jadrian wanted to know about Matt’s favorite topic to teach students. Much to Jadrian’s surprise, Matt landed on: poverty, inequality, and discrimination. These topics are serious - and often terrible - but the economic insights are fascinating. We talk about all the weird ways that the U.S. measures poverty and how it becomes tough talk to about poverty and solutions to poverty. We look at what economists mean when they talk about discrimination, and we can discuss the types of discrimination markets should eliminate.
In this episode, we discuss:
* How the US government…
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