Audio files of Stanford’s “Inequality Debates”

The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality has posted the audio from its series “Debates about Inequality.”  From their webpage:

ADDING INJURY TO INSULT: WHY DO THE POOR GET SICK?

  • Sir Michael Marmot, Director, International Institute for Society and Health; Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College of London
  • Ralph Catalano, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, University of California – Berkeley
  • Listen to: Debate

INEQUALITY AND THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT DISCRIMINATION BY BEAUTY?

  • Deborah Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Prodessor of Professor of Law, Stanford University
  • Richard T. Ford, George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Stanford University
  • Listen to: Debate

IS MICROLENDING THE ANSWER?

  • Eric Weaver, Executive Director, Lenders for Community Development
  • Tracey Pettengill Turner, Founder and General Manager, Microplace
  • Listen to: Debate

DOES PHILANTHROPY SHORTCHANGE THE POOR?

  • Robert Reich, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
  • Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
  • Listen to: Debate

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