We bring together scholars across disciplines to discuss the causes and consequences of inequality and strategies to promote economic mobility. Listen and discover novel insights and strategies to address today’s most pressing issues in inequality.
What happens when global population growth gives way to population decline? Economic demographer Michael Geruso joins Damon Jones to discuss the consequences of falling birth rates and address common concerns about a larger global population.
Steven Durlauf talks with Dionissi Aliprantis about neighborhood effects, the racial wealth gap, and 21st-century segregation.
Sociologist Daniel Aldana Cohen joins Geoff Wodtke to explore the overlap between the housing and climate crises, highlighting retrofitting, policy solutions, and the risks of "green gentrification.”
Neighborhoods and schools impact inequality and mobility through factors like socioeconomic status, segregation, and resources. The episode's guests discuss how these environments shape opportunities and outcomes, with a focus on neighborhood effects.
Steven and Matthew Kahn discuss the interactions between inequality and climate change. Matthew outlines how changes in the environment alter lives across the globe, from hurricane-ravaged residents of New Orleans to rice-farmers-turned-shrimp-sellers in Dhaka.
