Behind the News: The Legacy of Slaveholder Wealth w/ Neil Sehgal
Plus: Emily Jashinsky gives a conservative's view of the election.
September 16, 2024
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September 16, 2024
Behind the News: The Legacy of Slaveholder Wealth w/ Neil Sehgal
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<p>Neil Sehgal, co-author of a <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0308351" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">study</a> about the relationship between slaveholder ancestry and net worth among members of Congress, discusses his research. Emily Jashinsky gives a conservative’s view of the election. And Melissa Lyon, co-author of a recent National Bureau of Economic Research <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w32862" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">paper</a>, talks about the effects of US teachers' strikes.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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