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cover of episode 32: Your Sex Drive Is Widening the Income Inequality Gap

32: Your Sex Drive Is Widening the Income Inequality Gap

2016/4/6
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Voternomics

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It seems as if everywhere you turn these days you hear the same refrain: The rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor. Economists blame everything from from technology to globalization and tax policies. Now you here's another reason: The rise of associative mating, or when people marry others who share the same educational or socioeconomic status. So how can we fix who we fall in love with? Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institution joins Aki and Tori to discuss the latest research, the downside of online dating and what the future holds for social mobility across the world.

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