
How to stand up for voting rights (with Andrea Hailey)
Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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Why Voting Rights Aren't Just Bad for Democracy, It's Really Bad for the Economy
There's an enormous amount of data to suggest, i think, that prosperity in economies is largely a product of economic inclusion. And economic inclusion, in turn, is always a consequence of political inclusion - and one actually does precede the other. That you can't have economic arrangements that are good for most people if you don't have a political system which is responsive to the needs of most people. So there's all sorts of reasons why the voting suppression nonsense is going on in the country right now is dangerous,. But for sure it will end up being terrible for the economy, right?
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