Guest: Benjamin Barber — Political theorist, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos (a public policy and advocacy organization), president and director of the international non-governmental organization (NGO) CivWorld, and author of Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole.

Guest’s Personal Website

Host: Mahesha Subbaraman — A high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and creator of Colloquy.

Topic Discussed: Should limiting economic inequality be a more important social goal than maximizing economic freedom?

Sources Cited During Interview:

Andrew Hacker (Author)
American Political Science Association — Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy

Length: 29 min.