Inequality Conversations with Fexingo: Wealth Gap, Income Distribution, and Economic Justice

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Inequality Conversations with Fexingo: Wealth Gap, Income Distribution, and Economic Justice

Lucas and Luna examine the structural forces behind global wealth inequality, from inherited advantage to policy-driven income stratification. Each episode centers on a concrete data point — a Gini coefficient shift, a tax reform's real-world impact, a country's UBI experiment — and traces its implications for economic justice. Lucas brings historical context and statistical rigor; Luna presses on human outcomes, asking whose livelihoods are measured and whose are left out. They discuss Thomas Piketty's capital dynamics, Branko Milanovic's elephant curve, and contemporary debates around wealth taxes, minimum basic income, and intergenerational mobility. The show serves listeners who want more than slogans: economists, policy analysts, engaged citizens, and anyone who suspects that 'the wealth gap' is not a single problem but a web of trade-offs. No moralizing, no easy fixes — just clear-eyed conversation about what redistribution actually means, where markets fail, and what a fairer system might cost. Can inequality ever be 'solved', or only managed?

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Episodes

147 episodes

How Medicare Advantage Plans Game Risk Scores

Aug 1, 2026 · 13:04
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How Venture Capital Widens the Racial Wealth Gap

Jul 30, 2026 · 5:39
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How the Decline of Unions Widened the Wealth Gap

Jul 30, 2026 · 4:08
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How Asset Limits in Welfare Programs Trap Families in Poverty

Jul 29, 2026 · 8:23
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How Student Loan Interest Capitalization Punishes Low-Income Borrowers

Jul 29, 2026 · 6:59
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How the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap Widens the Wealth Gap

Jul 28, 2026 · 9:00
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How Home Appraisal Bias Costs Black Homeowners Billions

Jul 28, 2026 · 8:17
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Retirement Tax Breaks Widen the Wealth Gap

Jul 28, 2026 · 7:11
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How Dynasty Trusts Perpetuate Wealth Across Generations

Jul 27, 2026 · 10:28
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How the Capital Gains Tax Preference Widens the Wealth Gap

Jul 27, 2026 · 6:29
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How the Step-Up in Basis Loophole Costs the Treasury Billions

Jul 26, 2026 · 6:27
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How the Carried Interest Loophole Widens the Wealth Gap

Jul 26, 2026 · 7:06
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How Property Tax Assessments Discriminate Against Minority Homeowners

Jul 25, 2026 · 8:09
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How the Caps on SALT Deductions Hurt Middle-Class Homeowners

Jul 24, 2026 · 11:50
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How Auto Insurance Rating Penalizes the Poor

Jul 23, 2026 · 9:49
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How the Earned Income Tax Credit Creates a Marriage Penalty

Jul 23, 2026 · 10:41
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How the Mortgage Interest Deduction Subsidizes the Wealthy

Jul 23, 2026 · 7:35
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How Rent-to-Own Traps Low-Income Families in a Cycle of Debt

Jul 22, 2026 · 12:21
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How Bus Fare Eviction Laws Criminalize Poverty

Jul 22, 2026 · 10:05
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How FEMA Disaster Aid Widens the Wealth Gap

Jul 21, 2026 · 7:07
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How Credit Card Rewards Subsidize the Rich

Jul 21, 2026 · 6:20
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How Medical Debt Is a Wealth Trap for the Uninsured

Jul 20, 2026 · 8:45
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How Payday Lenders Exploit the Military Lending Act Loophole

Jul 20, 2026 · 8:47
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How Maternity Leave Policy Widens the Wealth Gap

Jul 19, 2026 · 7:47
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How Gift Card Fees Drain Value for Low-Income Families

Jul 19, 2026 · 10:53
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How Unpaid Internships Widen the Class Divide

Jul 18, 2026 · 11:31
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How Student Loan Servicers Hide Income-Driven Repayment Plans

Jul 18, 2026 · 10:22
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How the Fire Insurance Scoring System Traps Low-Income Homeowners

Jul 17, 2026 · 8:11
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How Employer Subsidies Trap Workers in Bad Jobs

Jul 17, 2026 · 9:29
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How Segregation Still Drives the Wealth Gap

Jul 16, 2026 · 8:55
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How the SNAP Cliff Penalizes Workers

Jul 16, 2026 · 8:26
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How Bank Branch Closures Create Banking Deserts for the Poor

Jul 15, 2026 · 11:04
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How a Two-Dollar ATM Fee Creates a Wealth Tax on the Poor

Jul 15, 2026 · 9:17
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How Landlords Use Algorithmic Rent Pricing to Extract Wealth

Jul 14, 2026 · 6:46
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How E-ZPass Late Fees Create a Wealth Trap for Low-Income Drivers

Jul 14, 2026 · 7:58
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How Child Care Costs Create a Wealth Trap for Working Families

Jul 13, 2026 · 8:26
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How Fractional Shares Democratized Investing for the Poor

Jul 13, 2026 · 8:57
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How Occupational Licensing Traps the Poor

Jul 12, 2026 · 10:44
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How Estate Tax Exemptions Let the Richest Avoid Billions

Jul 12, 2026 · 8:36
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How Property Tax Assessments Create a Hidden Wealth Trap

Jul 11, 2026 · 10:58
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How Employer Retirement Plans Exclude the Bottom Half

Jul 11, 2026 · 10:45
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How Land Value Tax Could Close the Wealth Gap

Jul 10, 2026 · 10:56
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How Tax Prep Monopolies Trap Low-Income Filers

Jul 10, 2026 · 7:44
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How Cash Bail Creates a Two-Tiered Justice System

Jul 9, 2026 · 8:49
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How Payday Lenders Use Census Data to Target the Poor

Jul 9, 2026 · 11:05
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How Bank Overdraft Fees Create a Wealth Tax on the Poor

Jul 8, 2026 · 11:23
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How Zoning Laws Create a Wealth Tax on the Poor

Jul 8, 2026 · 11:09
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How Health Insurance Billing Errors Create a Wealth Tax on Patients

Jul 8, 2026 · 12:13
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How Rent-to-Own Contracts Trap Low-Income Families

Jul 7, 2026 · 9:25
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How Sidewalk Repairs Create a Wealth Trap for Homeowners

Jul 7, 2026 · 6:00
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How College Endowment Tax Breaks Subsidize Wealth

Jul 6, 2026 · 9:37
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How Subscription Services Create a Wealth Trap for Low-Income Households

Jul 6, 2026 · 7:15
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How Document Filing Fees Create a Wealth Tax on the Poor

Jul 5, 2026 · 7:40
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How Student Loan Servicing Errors Create a Wealth Trap

Jul 5, 2026 · 8:11
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How Subprime Auto Loans Trap the Working Poor

Jul 4, 2026 · 6:35
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How Check Cashing Stores Create a Wealth Trap for the Unbanked

Jul 4, 2026 · 9:02
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How Credit Card Rewards Subsidize the Rich

Jul 3, 2026 · 7:56
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How Well-Meaning Charitable Giving Actually Widens the Wealth Gap

Jul 3, 2026 · 11:50
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How Food Delivery Apps Create a Wealth Trap for Drivers

Jul 2, 2026 · 9:20
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How Traffic Ticket Debt Creates a Wealth Trap for the Poor

Jul 2, 2026 · 10:59
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How Property Tax Assessment Errors Widen the Wealth Gap

Jul 1, 2026 · 7:26
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How Medical Debt Destroyer Credit Scores Widen the Wealth Gap

Jul 1, 2026 · 8:37
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How Appliance Rental Contracts Create a Wealth Trap for Low-Income Households

Jul 1, 2026 · 9:14
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How Eviction Records Create a Permanent Underclass

Jun 30, 2026 · 8:47
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How ATM Surcharges Create a Regressive Tax on Low-Income Communities

Jun 30, 2026 · 10:57
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How Bail Bond Fees Create a Wealth Tax on the Poor

Jun 29, 2026 · 8:43
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How Overdraft Fees Create a Regressive Tax on the Poor

Jun 29, 2026 · 8:29
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How Background Check Fees Create a Wealth Tax on the Poor

Jun 28, 2026 · 8:54
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How Estate Tax Exemptions Perpetuate Dynastic Wealth

Jun 28, 2026 · 9:21
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How Payday Loan Recidivism Traps the Working Poor

Jun 27, 2026 · 8:54
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How Rent-to-Own Furniture Stores Trap the Poor

Jun 27, 2026 · 8:15
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How Insurance Claim Denials Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 26, 2026 · 6:05
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How Sidewalk Construction Fees Create a Hidden Wealth Tax

Jun 26, 2026 · 7:38
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How Public Libraries Close the Wealth Gap

Jun 25, 2026 · 8:52
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How Conveyor-Belt Insurance Renewals Penalize the Poor

Jun 25, 2026 · 6:45
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How Credit Card Minimum Payments Trap the Working Poor

Jun 24, 2026 · 10:48
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How Car Insurance Redlining Worsens the Wealth Gap

Jun 24, 2026 · 9:29
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How Public Golf Courses Subsidize Wealthy Neighborhoods

Jun 23, 2026 · 9:24
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How Student Loan Servicing Mismanagement Deepens the Wealth Gap

Jun 23, 2026 · 8:14
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How Salary History Bans Reduce the Wealth Gap

Jun 22, 2026 · 8:17
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How Zoning Laws Create Wealth Inequality

Jun 22, 2026 · 8:22
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How Property Tax Assessments Fuel the Wealth Gap

Jun 21, 2026 · 7:39
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How Child Care Costs Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 21, 2026 · 8:10
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How Check Cashing Stores Cost the Poor Twice

Jun 20, 2026 · 8:39
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How Medical Credit Cards Deepen the Wealth Gap

Jun 20, 2026 · 9:14
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How HOA Fees Create a Hidden Wealth Tax

Jun 19, 2026 · 9:31
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How Cash Bail Creates a Two-Tier Justice System

Jun 19, 2026 · 10:42
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How App-Based Work Creates Unseen Tax Burdens

Jun 18, 2026 · 8:14
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How Bankruptcy Medical Debt Fuels the Wealth Gap

Jun 18, 2026 · 11:26
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How Food Deserts Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 17, 2026 · 8:27
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How Pawnshop Loans Trap Borrowers in Debt Cycles

Jun 17, 2026 · 12:42
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How Utility Deposits Punish Low-Income Renters

Jun 16, 2026 · 7:59
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How the Estate Tax Phaseout Worsens Wealth Inequality

Jun 16, 2026 · 8:28
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How HBCU Endowment Gaps Perpetuate the Wealth Divide

Jun 15, 2026 · 5:56
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How For-Profit Colleges Create a Wealth Drain for Vulnerable Students

Jun 15, 2026 · 11:48
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How Remote Work Tax Disparities Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 14, 2026 · 8:50
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How Bank Branch Deserts Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 14, 2026 · 6:52
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How Land Value Taxes Could Shrink the Wealth Gap

Jun 13, 2026 · 7:55
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How Credit Card Rewards Subsidize the Wealthy

Jun 13, 2026 · 8:41
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How Inheritance Tax Loopholes Perpetuate Wealth Dynasties

Jun 12, 2026 · 6:54
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How Student Loan Servicing Errors Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 12, 2026 · 9:55
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How the Mortgage Interest Deduction Subsidizes the Wealthy

Jun 12, 2026 · 8:33
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How Zoning Laws Block Affordable Housing and Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 11, 2026 · 10:36
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How Unpaid Internships Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 11, 2026 · 11:58
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How Minimum Wage Freezes Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 10, 2026 · 9:06
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How Hospital Price Secrecy Worsens the Wealth Gap

Jun 10, 2026 · 11:34
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How Check-Cashing Fees Create a Wealth Drain for the Unbanked

Jun 9, 2026 · 9:54
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How Pawnshop Lending Traps Low-Income Borrowers

Jun 9, 2026 · 9:18
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How Medical Debt Worsens the Wealth Gap

Jun 8, 2026 · 10:34
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How FEMA Disaster Relief Favors Wealthy Homeowners

Jun 8, 2026 · 8:04
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How Redlining Still Shapes Wealth Inequality Today

Jun 7, 2026 · 8:40
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How the Earned Income Tax Credit Lifts Working Families

Jun 7, 2026 · 9:23
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How Subscription Traps Create a Wealth Drain for Low-Income Families

Jun 6, 2026 · 10:40
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The Wealth Drain of Payday Lending Traps

Jun 6, 2026 · 10:04
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How HOA Fees Create a Hidden Wealth Drain

Jun 5, 2026 · 6:15
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How Home Insurance Denial Worsens the Wealth Gap

Jun 5, 2026 · 7:52
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How Regressive Taxation Deepens the Wealth Divide

Jun 4, 2026 · 9:53
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How IRS Underfunding Creates a Wealth Tax Gap

Jun 4, 2026 · 13:11
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How Cash Bail Creates a Two-Tiered Justice System

Jun 3, 2026 · 8:54
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How Tax Preparation Fees Are a Wealth Drain for the Poor

Jun 3, 2026 · 9:16
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How Occupational Licensing Laws Widen the Wealth Gap

Jun 2, 2026 · 7:59
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How Inheritance Tax Exemptions Perpetuate Wealth Inequality

Jun 2, 2026 · 9:11
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The Student Loan Wealth Drain That Hits Black Borrowers Hardest

Jun 1, 2026 · 8:17
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How Tipped Minimum Wage Traps Workers in Poverty

Jun 1, 2026 · 10:51
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How Zoning Laws Create a Wealth Divide

May 31, 2026 · 9:31
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How the Federal Reserve's Inflation Fight Widens the Wealth Gap

May 31, 2026 · 8:26
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How the Fee-Only Advisor Rule Shuts Out Low-Income Families

May 30, 2026 · 10:16
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How the Yacht Tax Loophole Feeds the Wealth Gap

May 30, 2026 · 7:53
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How Bankruptcy Laws Create a Wealth Divide

May 29, 2026 · 8:02
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How Credit Scoring Algorithms Reinforce Economic Inequality

May 29, 2026 · 6:21
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How Franchise Fees Create a Wealth Drain for Franchisees

May 28, 2026 · 7:14
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The Wealth Penalty of Fine Print in Consumer Contracts

May 28, 2026 · 9:19
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The Financial Literacy Gap That Costs Low-Income Families

May 27, 2026 · 14:00
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How Predatory Lending Traps Renters in a Wealth Drain

May 27, 2026 · 7:50
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How the Medical Debt Trap Wipes Out Generational Wealth

May 26, 2026 · 11:38
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How the Car Insurance Redlining Tax Costs Drivers Thousands

May 26, 2026 · 12:10
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Why 401k Fees Eat Half Your Nest Egg

May 25, 2026 · 9:00
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How The Mutual Fund Industry Buried A Wealth-Building Tool

May 25, 2026 · 10:50
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The Gig Economy Wealth Trap How Misclassification Costs Workers

May 24, 2026 · 11:42
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How the Racial Home Appraisal Gap Costs Families

May 24, 2026 · 9:51
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How Patent Law Drives the Wealth Gap

May 23, 2026 · 10:27
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The CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Keeps Growing Here's Why

May 23, 2026 · 10:54
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How the Wealth Tax Would Actually Work in Practice

May 22, 2026 · 8:52
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The Student Loan Wealth Penalty for Millennials

May 22, 2026 · 8:55
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Why Inheritance Explains More About Wealth Than Income

May 21, 2026 · 8:25
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The Geography of Opportunity How Zip Code Predicts Wealth

May 21, 2026 · 10:51
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The 30 Percent Wealth Gap Between White and Black Families

May 19, 2026 · 9:46
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