Wealth, Assets, & Inequality

An episode of the Social Work & Politics podcast, hosted by Patrick Meehan, titled "Wealth, Assets, & Inequality" was published on March 13, 2019 and runs 57 minutes.

March 13, 2019 ·57m · Social Work & Politics

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Baby bonds, a 3% wealth tax, debt-free college. The Democratic Presidential primary is playing host to many ideas to reduce wealth and asset inequality in the United States. Drs. Trina Shanks and Willie Elliott discuss historical antecedents to present wealth disparities, the state of wealth inequality, and policies and interventions that aim to level the […]

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Baby bonds, a 3% wealth tax, debt-free college. The Democratic Presidential primary is playing host to many ideas to reduce wealth and asset inequality in the United States. Drs. Trina Shanks and Willie Elliott discuss historical antecedents to present wealth disparities, the state of wealth inequality, and policies and interventions that aim to level the […]

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