Episodes

  • The Social and Economic Risks of Vaccine Apartheid

    The Social and Economic Risks of Vaccine Apartheid
    May 16 2021
    27 mins
  • Global Warming in 3 numbers

    Global Warming in 3 numbers
    May 3 2021

    In this episode we look at Global Warming through the lens of 3 numbers:  1.5,  41  and 1 billion: 
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    26 mins
  • The Economic Impacts of Slavery and Racism and the Reparations Debate

    The Economic Impacts of Slavery and Racism and the Reparations Debate
    Apr 27 2021

    In today’s episode we talk about racism in America.   And we look at it from 3 different, but related, quantitative perspectives:

    1.       The legacy negative economic impacts of racism that persists to today for African- Americans

    2.       The economic benefit disproportionately brought to white America from the beginning of slavery on the continent in 1619 to today…. and finally we ask the question:

    3.       What could be the impact of reparations and do they work? 
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    43 mins