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Podcast: Mind Body Health & Politics
Episode: Why Marriage Is Failing America's Poor (And Making Inequality Worse)
Description: Why Marriage Is Failing America's Poor (And Making Inequality Worse)Economist Michael Tanner reveals the marriage gap between rich and poor, why rural poverty is worse than urban, and how the collapse of traditional economies is creating a generation of unmarriageable men.Guest: Michael Tanner - Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, author of research on marriage and povertyTopics Discussed:What poverty really means in AmericaWhy Scandinavian equality comes with lower living standardsThe two-class marriage system emerging in America<...