Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University
18 episodes
2 months ago
Epicenter is produced by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
Wrapping our minds around profound global issues can be daunting. Where does one begin to unpack responsibility for climate change or human rights? How does one account for social inequalities or the endurance of repressive regimes?
In our Epicenter podcast, we bring together scholars and experienced practitioners from different disciplines to guide us through pressing global topics, to boil down the issues, to explain the research and give valuable context. The goal is to give listeners a deeper understanding of a topic to expand their everyday thinking about the world inside and outside their own borders.
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Epicenter is produced by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
Wrapping our minds around profound global issues can be daunting. Where does one begin to unpack responsibility for climate change or human rights? How does one account for social inequalities or the endurance of repressive regimes?
In our Epicenter podcast, we bring together scholars and experienced practitioners from different disciplines to guide us through pressing global topics, to boil down the issues, to explain the research and give valuable context. The goal is to give listeners a deeper understanding of a topic to expand their everyday thinking about the world inside and outside their own borders.
Inequality in the US and Europe (with Michèle Lamont, Peter A. Hall, and Paul Pierson)
Epicenter
49 minutes 19 seconds
5 years ago
Inequality in the US and Europe (with Michèle Lamont, Peter A. Hall, and Paul Pierson)
Despite the decline in global poverty rates over the past five or six decades, the gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow ever wider, especially in the industrialized West. Three scholars—Michèle Lamont, Peter A. Hall, and Paul Pierson—discuss how housing and education systems can actually reinforce inequality, and who in our society is seen as “deserving” of getting help, or not, and how that has changed over time.
Epicenter
Epicenter is produced by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
Wrapping our minds around profound global issues can be daunting. Where does one begin to unpack responsibility for climate change or human rights? How does one account for social inequalities or the endurance of repressive regimes?
In our Epicenter podcast, we bring together scholars and experienced practitioners from different disciplines to guide us through pressing global topics, to boil down the issues, to explain the research and give valuable context. The goal is to give listeners a deeper understanding of a topic to expand their everyday thinking about the world inside and outside their own borders.
