web01.fireside.fm Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:25:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) InequaliTalks - Episodes Tagged with “Inequality” https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/tags/inequality Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0400 What is the most unequal region of the world? How deep does gender discrimination run in our societies? What happens to poor households during a housing boom? How is land distributed today? How can minimum wage reduce racial inequality? Can we really expect politicians to fix inequality? InequaliTalks presents accessible research done by young economists on one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation: inequality. InequaliTalks is supported by School of Cities at the University of Toronto. en-us episodic A Podcast about Economics and Inequality Clémentine Van Effenterre What is the most unequal region of the world? How deep does gender discrimination run in our societies? What happens to poor households during a housing boom? How is land distributed today? How can minimum wage reduce racial inequality? Can we really expect politicians to fix inequality? InequaliTalks presents accessible research done by young economists on one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation: inequality. InequaliTalks is supported by School of Cities at the University of Toronto. no economics, inequality, research Clémentine Van Effenterre c.vaneffenterre@utoronto.ca Episode 7: Wealth Inequality and Housing -- with Clara Martínez-Toledano https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/7 9aca9fb4-4fce-4391-b391-440dd8b85ffe Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0400 Clémentine Van Effenterre full 1 Clémentine Van Effenterre What happens to poor and rich households during housing booms and busts? 14:54 no Housing is the main asset in most individual portfolios. The recent rise in private wealth with respect to national income has been mainly driven by capital gains on housing. How do house price cycles affect wealth inequality? Clara Martínez-Toledano explores the dynamics of wealth accumulation over forty years in Spain. Recommendations: - "The Hidden Wealth of Nations" by Gabriel Zucman http://gabriel-zucman.eu/hidden-wealth/ Paper: - "House Price Cycles, Wealth Inequality and Portfolio Reshuffling" by Clara Martínez-Toledano https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l1xe9mf95jmaiq/mtt_wealthinequalityspain.pdf?dl=0 inequality, housing, wealth, booms, busts Housing is the main asset in most individual portfolios. The recent rise in private wealth with respect to national income has been mainly driven by capital gains on housing. How do house price cycles affect wealth inequality? Clara Martínez-Toledano explores the dynamics of wealth accumulation over forty years in Spain.

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]]> Episode 5: Global Land Inequality -- with Yajna Govind https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/5 638254d1-5270-40bd-bcda-6637d609916c Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:00:00 -0400 Clémentine Van Effenterre full 1 Clémentine Van Effenterre How is land distributed in the world today? 19:02 no Despite significant process of industrialization in developping countries across the world, agricultural land is still a vital resource for three out of four of the poorest billion individuals in the world. How does land ownership inequality vary across countries and regions of the world? How different is the picture if we account for land area and value, or for the landless population? Yajna Govind gives a full picture of global land inequality. Recommendations: - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/393199.DownandOutinParisandLondon Paper: - "Global Land Inequality" by Luis Bauluz, Yajna Govind & Filip Novokmet https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwid.world%2Fdocument%2Fglobal-land-inequality-world-inequality-lab-wp-2020-10%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG8jp7GKmLqJKk8RABVzzunAi63Yw inequality, land, developing countries Despite significant process of industrialization in developping countries across the world, agricultural land is still a vital resource for three out of four of the poorest billion individuals in the world. How does land ownership inequality vary across countries and regions of the world? How different is the picture if we account for land area and value, or for the landless population? Yajna Govind gives a full picture of global land inequality.

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]]> Episode 4: Do Politicians Know about what Citizens Prefer? -- with Asad Liaqat https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/4 fdfc805a-fd99-43cc-a1b8-f5e71bf27317 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:00:00 -0400 Clémentine Van Effenterre full 1 Clémentine Van Effenterre On how the information gap between politicians and citizens in developing countries affects policies. 21:30 no Do politicians know enough about voters to adequately represent them? Are they responsive to new information about their constituency? How does it affect the representation of marginalized groups? Asad Liaqat presents the results of large experiment he conducted on politicians in Pakistan, and reveals large information asymmetries in politics. Recommendations: - "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity" by Katherine Boo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11869272-behind-the-beautiful-forevers Paper: - "No Representation without Information: Politician Responsiveness to Citizen Preferences" by Asad Liaqat https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/asadliaqat/files/jmp.pdf politicians, inequality, Pakistan, voters Do politicians know enough about voters to adequately represent them? Are they responsive to new information about their constituency? How does it affect the representation of marginalized groups?
Asad Liaqat presents the results of large experiment he conducted on politicians in Pakistan, and reveals large information asymmetries in politics.

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Asad Liaqat presents the results of large experiment he conducted on politicians in Pakistan, and reveals large information asymmetries in politics.

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]]> Episode 3: The Most Unequal Region -- with Lydia Assouad https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/3 2e87a401-10a0-4026-b6b6-e6af6a44216e Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:00:00 -0400 Clémentine Van Effenterre full 1 Clémentine Van Effenterre Behind the "Arab Inequality puzzle" 21:31 no Lydia Assouad revisits the "Arab Inequality puzzle" : survey estimates suggest that inequality in the Middle East is not particularly high. In reality, the Middle East is the most unequal region in the world, with both enormous inequality between countries and large inequality within countries. Recommendations: - Comics "Palestine" by Joe Sacco https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine - Movie "Capernaum" by Nadine Labaki https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8267604/ Paper: - "Rethinking the Lebanese economic miracle: The extreme concentration of income and wealth in Lebanon 2005-2014" by Lydia Assouad https://wid.world/document/rethinking-lebanese-economic-miracle-extreme-concentration-income-wealth-lebanon-2005-2014-wid-world-working-paper-201713/ inequality, Middle East Lydia Assouad revisits the "Arab Inequality puzzle" : survey estimates suggest that inequality in the Middle East is not particularly high. In reality, the Middle East is the most unequal region in the world, with both enormous inequality between countries and large inequality within countries.

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]]> Lydia Assouad revisits the "Arab Inequality puzzle" : survey estimates suggest that inequality in the Middle East is not particularly high. In reality, the Middle East is the most unequal region in the world, with both enormous inequality between countries and large inequality within countries.

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]]> Episode 1: Why Does COVID-19 Affect Poor Households? -- with Michael Stepner https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/1 68db19e8-6924-4293-994a-5309115b589d Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:00:00 -0400 Clémentine Van Effenterre full 1 Clémentine Van Effenterre Consumption in the time of COVID-19 25:38 no The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the U.S economy at an incredibly rapid pace. Michael Stepner presents his most recent work with Opportunity Insights. Combining anonymized data from private companies, the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker provides a real-time picture of how the economy is performing. How and where do people spend their money? Who are the most vulnerable workers? Where are located the most affected businesses? What is the impact of state-ordered reopenings, small business loans and stimulus checks on consumption? Recommendations: - Podcast Threshold Season 1 https://www.thresholdpodcast.org/season01 - "The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains", by Donna Feir, Rob Gillezeau & Maggie E.C. Jones https://www.minneapolisfed.org/~/media/files/community/indiancountry/resources-education/working-papers/cicd-wp-2019-01.pdf Paper: - "How Did COVID-19 and Stabilization Policies Affect Spending and Employment? A New Real-Time Economic Tracker Based on Private Sector Data", by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren, Michael Stepner, and the Opportunity Insights Team https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tracker_paper.pdf - Opportunity Insights https://opportunityinsights.org inequality, covid 19, consumption, economy, poor, businesses The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the U.S economy at an incredibly rapid pace. Michael Stepner presents his most recent work with Opportunity Insights. Combining anonymized data from private companies, the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker provides a real-time picture of how the economy is performing. How and where do people spend their money? Who are the most vulnerable workers? Where are located the most affected businesses? What is the impact of state-ordered reopenings, small business loans and stimulus checks on consumption?

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]]> Episode 0: Introducing InequaliTalks https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/0 36107512-9754-451b-8c49-cf8b5ce9dc8e Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:00:00 -0400 Clémentine Van Effenterre trailer 1 Clémentine Van Effenterre An economics podcast on inequality: why? how? who? 2:20 no Inequality is one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation. Economic research can help us find the tools to address it. Here is a quick taste of what's to come every second Wednesday. By Clémentine Van Effenterre economics, inequality Inequality is one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation.
Economic research can help us find the tools to address it.
Here is a quick taste of what's to come every second Wednesday.
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Economic research can help us find the tools to address it.
Here is a quick taste of what's to come every second Wednesday.
By Clémentine Van Effenterre

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