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The problem with unequal cities (with Richard McGahey)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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The Inequality Within Cities

The inequality within cities is inherent or due to our politics, he says. He argues that it's a lack of power and an inability to adjust how those returns are distributed. And in the absence of incredibly powerful countermeasures, these systems just become more and more unequal. In Los Angeles, single regional economy has five counties over 190 separate governments who often fight with each other.

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