America Are We Ready to Save the Middle Class?
Today we look at how much capitalism and how much socialism is needed to save America's middle class.
An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "America Are We Ready to Save the Middle Class?" was published on September 28, 2020 and runs 17 minutes.
September 28, 2020 ·17m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Summary
Today we look at how much capitalism and how much socialism is needed to save America's middle class.
Episode Description
Today we examine how much capitalism and how much socialism is needed to save America's middle class.
On Today's Show:
Pavlina R. Tcherneva, associate professor at Bard College and research scholar at the Levy Economics Institute and the author of The Case for a Job Guarantee (Polity, 2020) and Oren Cass, executive director of American Compass, a domestic policy advisor for the Romney presidential campaign and the author of The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America (Encounter Books, 2018), talk about where on the spectrum from capitalist to socialist each candidate stands, from their own very different points of view.
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