Why inequality matters, Trump's delegate problem, and the geography of life expectancy

Explain It to Me

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Education, News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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With Sarah on vacation, Matt and Ezra talk about the philosophical underpinnings of worries about inequality, take a look at Donald Trump's difficulty grappling with the delegate selection process, and discuss a blockbuster new paper that reveals huge city-to-city variation in how long poor people live. The Weeds is supported by Goldman Sachs. To learn about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy, subscribe to the firm’s podcast, ‘Exchanges at Goldman Sachs,’ available on iTunes.The Weeds is also brought to you by The Great Courses Plus. Visit TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/Weeds to stream Understanding Investments and hundreds of other courses for free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week's episode of The Weeds is sponsored by The Great Courses.
0:02.6	The Great Courses Plus is offering our listeners a chance to stream hundreds of their courses,
0:06.8	including understanding investments.
0:08.4	It's a $215 value for free.
0:11.4	You just go to thegreatcoursesplus.com slash weeds.
0:14.9	That's TheGreatCoursesplus.com slash weeds.
0:18.2	The weeds is supported by Goldman Sachs.
0:20.3	To learn about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy,
0:24.1	subscribe to the firm's podcast, exchanges at Goldman Sachs, available on iTunes.
0:29.2	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:32.6	What happened in the news?
0:36.2	Hello, welcome to another episode of The Weeds, Vox's policy podcast of the Panoply Network.
0:55.1	I'm Matthew Glacias with me as usual, as a decline, but we've had Sarah Cliff deported
1:00.4	to France, I believe, so she is not with us.
1:03.5	Where is Sarah?
1:04.5	France.
1:05.5	She's in France.
1:06.5	I saw it on Instagram.
1:07.5	That sounds almost as good as taping the weeds.
1:10.1	Well, maybe not quite as good.
1:12.0	Yes, it's unfortunate.
1:13.7	I mean, to be stuck in a city with no podcasts at all, I think.
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