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Thurs., 5/24/12
A Lot to Think About
Thurs., 5/24/12
A Lot to Think About
The Callie Crossley Show
Eran Ben-Joseph and Jason Schrieber join us.
Wed., 5/23/12
Aging Behind Bars
Wed., 5/23/12
Aging Behind Bars
The Callie Crossley Show
Kathleen Dennehy, Jamie Fellner and Beth Schwartzapfel join us.
Wed., 5/23/12
The Cost of Democracy
Wed., 5/23/12
The Cost of Democracy
The Callie Crossley Show
Lawrence Lessig joins us.
Tue., 5/22/12
Political Roundtable
Tue., 5/22/12
Political Roundtable
The Callie Crossley Show
Dorie Clark, Kevin Peterson and Marvin Venay join us.
Mon., 5/21/12
Coming Home
Mon., 5/21/12
Coming Home
The Callie Crossley Show
Coleman Nee and Paul Rieckhoff join us.
Mon., 5/21/12
Fahim Speaks
Mon., 5/21/12
Fahim Speaks
The Callie Crossley Show
Fahim Fazli and Michael Moffet join us.
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Award-winning journalist Callie Crossley offers a daily discussion of local happenings, arts and culture, and water cooler buzz from Boston and New England. In turn, she invites the community to weigh in, providing a forum for listeners to tap into the talk of your town.
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Minding the Wealth Gap
The latest poverty rates show that more Americans are poor than ever before. On top of this, we now have a racial wealth gap that’s the widest it’s ever been between whites, African Americans, and Latinos. Today, the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households, according to a Pew study, and the pressures of this economic inequality are leading to debt. With the top one percent commanding one-third of all wealth, the bottom 99 percent are using credit cards to keep up with the proverbial Joneses. We’ll explore these issues- from the forces that are creating and sustaining economic inequities to a program in Boston that’s getting people out of debt.
Americans Underestimate U.S. Wealth Inequality
GUEST: Michael Norton: associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. He published a paper about how Americans underestimate wealth inequality in the US.
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