Does inequality actually matter?

10/01/2020 28 min
Does inequality actually matter?

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Episode Synopsis

Does inequality actually matter? If it does, why? What problems does it cause? Is it self fulfilling? Is our objection to it a moral one, or is there there rational economic issues with it?

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Things mentioned in this podcast:
- Is there really more inequality? https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/11/28/economists-are-rethinking-the-numbers-on-inequality
- Political freedom and inequality https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/5/2/18/pdf
- Is inequality actually a problem? https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/6/4/147/pdf
- Predictive factors for happiness https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01176/full
- Mises’ defence of inequality https://mises.org/library/inequality-wealth-and-incomes
- How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ7LzE3u7Bw
- UK Inequality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjwhnhtCwsM

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