The Inequality Podcast
Hosted by Steven Durlauf and Geoff Wodtke and Damon Jones · Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
5.0from 37 ratings
- 65
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 37
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About The Inequality Podcast
Presented by the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, The Inequality Podcast brings together scholars across disciplines to discuss the causes and consequences of inequality and strategies to promote economic mobility. This podcast is hosted by sociologist Geoff Wodtke and economists Steven Durlauf and Damon Jones.
- Publisher
- Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 65 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Michael Geruso on Global Depopulation and ‘the Case for People’
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Zachary Bleemer on the Stratification of American Higher Education
7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Daniel Markovits on ‘The Meritocracy Trap’ (Live)
Inside a recent episode
Michael Geruso on Global Depopulation and ‘the Case for People’
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's no automatic stabilizer that sort of stands ready to jump in and stop population from declining. And the way to think about this is to think in terms of fertility rates. So there, two is the key number. A total fertility rate of two means two kids per two adults or two kids per woman. And with fewer than two kids in the next generation to replace two adults in the last generation, the population will shrink. And that shrinking continues indefinitely for as long as that condition holds. So, it's not that we hit peak population and stabilize at some level. The same low birth rates that slowed population growth this century will later in this century pull population growth into negative territory. […]
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- Michael Geruso
- Zachary Bleemer
- Daniel Markovits
- Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
- Beatrice Cherrier
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 12 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 25 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100
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- Quality
- 15
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts The Inequality Podcast?
Steven Durlauf and Geoff Wodtke and Damon Jones host the show. Published by Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility.
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