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A Labor Intellectual's Plan To Rebraid Our Frayed Social Fabric - Andrew Leigh

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Unification of Social Capital and Inequality

Economics rewards focusing on a narrow question and getting your answer exactly right. The unification of social capital and inequality was something that drew us in reconnected. We have the notion of cyber-connecting, using technology to build social connection rather than to destroy it. Social capital is best built in disadvantaged communities because that's where the need is greatest. It's called Sutton's Law of Social Capital after bank robber Willie Sutton.

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