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	Podcast:		Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates
	Episode:		Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:53:15
	Publish Date:		2021-07-16 09:00:00
	Description:		Economic inequality has become a linchpin of modern politics. As nations around the world face a reckoning on racial and social justice and work to combat the economic impacts of the pandemic, we ask: Is it time to redistribute the wealth? Should we address growing inequality by overhauling our tax system, expanding our social safety nets, and investing more in public initiatives like universal health care, education, and infrastructure? Or would a wealth transfer unduly punish the economic elite, destroy the promise of a meritocracy, and inevitably lead to excessive government intervention in our social and economic lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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