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Money Talks from The Economist

Money talks: The economics of gun violence

Money Talks from The Economist

The Economist

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🗓️ 14 June 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Finance editor Edward McBride is joined by free exchange columnist Ryan Avent to discuss the economics of gun violence and gun control in the wake of the Orlando shootings. And, Asia economics editor Simon Rabinovitch lifts the lid on the mysterious shadow banks of Wenzhou.

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0:00.0

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0:29.2

Hello I'm Edward McBride, finance editor of The Economist, and this is Money Talks. This week we'll be asking Ryan Avent, our free exchange columnist, about what economics can tell us about gun

0:34.0

violence in America. It seems like there is a increasingly clear relationship between

0:38.6

the rate of gun ownership in an area and the amount of gun violence that we see.

0:43.0

And Simon Rabinovich, our Asia economics editor, will be taking us to the epicenter of China's banking black market.

0:49.0

Because Wenjo was effectively standing alone, The Wenjo networks of households, of factories and businesses

0:56.5

came up with their own solution to financing.

0:58.8

First, America has been reeling from events in Orlando this weekend.

1:05.0

On Sunday, Americans woke up to a nightmare that's become mind-numbingly familiar.

1:12.0

A horrific massacre of dozens of innocent people.

1:16.0

The worst mass shooting in our country's history.

1:20.0

We know enough to say that this was an act of terror and an act of hate.

1:25.7

The largest mass shooting in American history has further inflamed the ferocious debate over

1:29.7

gun control in America, which is underpinned by deep political and cultural divides.

1:34.4

But what can economics tell us about America's gun control impasse?

1:37.6

I'm joined by Ryan Avent, our free exchange columnist, who's been writing about the economics

1:41.7

of gun control in America.

1:43.0

So Ryan, America has far more guns than any other rich country and far more gun violence, is that right?

1:49.0

That is right.

1:50.0

As far as rich countries go, America is just an extraordinary outlier on both counts.

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