EconTalk Archives, 2008
EconTalk Archives, 2008
EconTalk: Russ Roberts, Library of Economics and Liberty
Bernstein on Inequality
56 minutes Posted Oct 6, 2008 at 11:30 am.
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William Bernstein, author of A Splendid Exchange, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about inequality. Bernstein is worried about it; Roberts is not. Bernstein argues that inequality is damaging to the health of low-status people and hurts the health of the economy. Roberts challenges Bernstein's empirical evidence. It's a lively conversation on the economics of status, productivity and the progressivity of taxes.