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480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?

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The Million Dollar Question

Sophie calderwang has written another paper that gives some reason for optimism. In an analysis of venture capitalists, more daughters leads to an increased propensity to hire female partners. Coming up next time on the show, they have chronyism, systemic financial risk, excessive materialism and ecological crisis stemming from over consumption.

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