web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:25:44 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) InequaliTalks - Episodes Tagged with “Middle East” https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/tags/middle%20east Wed, 02 Sep 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 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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