Archive for the ‘Inequality’ Tag
Link: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/05/920342513/rethinking-black-wealth
Dr. Andre Perry, a Brookings Institution fellow, highlights the disparities of wealth and structural racism in predominantly Black neighborhoods. He discusses his self-coined term “devalued assets” and how oppressive policy that has been enforced on Black communities has caused extensive damage throughout. An educational conversation to bring Black History Month to a close.
Original Air Date: October 7, 2020
Length: 20 minutes 59 seconds
Link: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/world-vs-virus-podcast/
This podcast connects the Covid-19 pandemic and the existing racial inequalities that have been exposed throughout the pandemic. Sridhar discusses the disproportionate effect Covid-19 has had on minority communities and the unconscious biases that have allowed this to occur. She also discusses the need to eradicate the virus, rather than living with it, after seeing new clusters of cases emerge in countries such as England, China, and South Korea.
Original Air Date: June 18, 2020
Length: 18 minutes 11 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/21/world/melinda-gates
Summary: Work around the house and for the family is unpaid work and mostly done by women. This reduces their labor force participation and ultimately hurts the GDP of a country. Melinda Gates suggests reducing the work through innovation for the developing countries and redistributing the work amongst partners for developed countries. Higher levels of equity between the sexes will contribute to a stronger social fabric and economy.
Original Air Date: March 23, 2016
Length: 8 minutes and 29 seconds
