S1 E9: Taxation, Inequality, and Innovation with Stefanie Stantcheva from Harvard University
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In this episode, our guest is Stefanie Stantcheva and we talked about taxation, incentives for inventors, history, slavery and wealth accumulation, zero-sum attitude towards immigrants, and more! Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen) 08:30 Taxation and Innovations 13:30 Policy Implications of Taxes and Innovation Incentives 22:17 Historical Facts on Wealth Inequality in the US 28:08 Social Economics Lab: Attitudes towards Climate Change 38:15 Social Economics Lab: Zero-Sum Attitude, and Income Inequality 44:30 Cheezy Questions!
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