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Economic Sociology Pt. 2 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Steven Levitt and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Is Universal Basic Income a Good Idea?

universal basic income is an interesting concept, but i don't think it's a quick fix. The question of whether or not would actually close the gaps in wealth and equality is something that a lot of economists have been debating. One patron said, why all the recent hate on capital it was the best thing ever in the twentieth century, and now people blame it for all our problems? Is this fair? And then someone else asked, why does everyone have a boner for capitalism when it doesn't seem that great?

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