Less is Less: Recent Episodes
Sabrina Newton
'Less is Less' is a 4 episode limited podcast series that dives into some of the topics that have long divided our society along social, political, and economic lines. It serves as an invitation for us all to take a closer look at how inequality affects the communities we live in, and facilitate open and honest dialogues. Less is Less' host Sabrina Newton is a budding political economist who has studied the intersection of politics and economics at Howard University, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins SAIS.
In this episode, Sabrina sits down with Taylor Coats to discuss how racial-economic inequality and the opportunity gap within the education system perpetuates economic inequality in America. In this first part of a two-part series on education, the two look at the legacy of Jim Crow; school zoning; funding disparities in public schools; and what educational gaps mean for the future of income inequality in America.
Should billionaires exist? In this episode Sabrina sits down with Erick Boone, a policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School for Government Affairs, to discuss this 'billion-dollar question'. Redistributive taxes, reparations, and society's propensity towards trickle-down economics are unpacked as Sabrina and Erick look at both the legacy and the future of extreme wealth inequalities in America.
This bonus episode serves as a crash course on economic inequality in America. It defines pay inequality, income inequality, and wealth inequality; while incorporating the intersection of gender and race that makes inequality the complex phenomenon that it is.
Less is Less is a deep dive into some of the many topics that have long divided societies here in America, and across the globe along social, political, and economic lines. As Sabrina sits down with scholars, policymakers, and members of our community; this podcast is an invitation for us all to take a closer look at how inequality affects the world we live in today.