web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:33:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) InequaliTalks - Episodes Tagged with “Politicians” https://inequalitalks.fireside.fm/tags/politicians Wed, 16 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 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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