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Are we counting poverty all wrong?
Episode 7
This week, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt finally deliver the equivocal takes on gerrymandering that America has been waiting for, dive into the weeds of the big budget compromise, and tackle what ma…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Want to fix inequality by taxing the rich? Good luck.
Episode 6
In this week's episode of the Weeds, Ezra, Matt, and Sarah dive head first into a new Brookings white paper about income inequality (and how to not to fix it). We also imagine what a Joe Bid…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
The Weeds: Can the government trick you into dieting?
Episode 5
On this week's episode, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt debate a little known Obamacare program, learn all about Nordic economies, and take on a new white paper forcing health economists to rethink de…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Arthur Brooks on think tanks, happiness, and management
Episode 4
In a special edition of The Weeds, Ezra interviews Arthur Brooks —head of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, a New York Times columnist, a major influence on Jeb Bush, and a su…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Would single payer health care work in America?
Episode 3
In the second episode of the Weeds, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt debate whether nationalized health care could work in America, what solutions are really needed to solve the country's mass shooting…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Ezra, Matt and Sarah Try to Podcast
Episode 2
In this first episode of the new Vox.com podcast the weeds, Ezra Klein, Sarah Kliff, and Matthew Yglesias look at why Hillary Clinton is trying to gut a major part of Obamacare, how Donald T…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago