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Robert Reich: Is there a solution to social inequalities?

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Is there a solution to social inequalities? What role does education play in perpetuating them? And what are the great economic and political challenges facing the world? This episode of [IN]Pertinente features economist Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration.

The middle classes are stagnating while the richest get even richer. What solution is there to this reality? What social responsibility should the richest have? And what role does education play in perpetuating inequality?

Economist Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, is interviewed by journalist Pedro Pinto. Reich will also talk about political polarisation in the US, facts and «fake news» and the major economic and political challenges facing the world in the coming years.

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