S23 E2: The Equality Trap (Ben Ansell)
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Introduction
In a paradoxical way, our democracies that provide equal political rights have ended up allowing very unequal economic outcomes to persist. In his new book, Why Politics Fails, Ben describes how we've gotten caught in what he calls the equality trap. Some of us think this is a problem, but it's not one with an easy solution.
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