COMING SOON: IFS Zooms In: Inequality
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Inequalities are one of the defining issues of the modern age.  We see inequalities all the time, whether at the school gates, the hospital, when travelling round the country and definitely when turning on the news. Over the next month on the IFS Zooms In, we are bringing you a mini-series looking at inequality in Britain. We’ll be looking at a range of issues, from what’s happened to inequality over the last several decades and why that might matter, to more specific issues such as the role parenthood plays in opening the gender pay gap, and whether the practices of big tech companies worsen inequality. We hope you’ll join us, starting next week, as the IFS Zooms In on inequality. Find out more: https://ifs.org.uk/podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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