James Heckman on Inequality and Economic Mobility 7/26/21

Economist and Nobel Laureate James Heckman of the University of Chicago talks about inequality and economic mobility with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on research on inequality in Denmark with Rasmus Landersø, Heckman argues that despite the efforts of the Danish welfare state to provide equal access to education, there is little difference between economic mobility between the United States and Denmark. The conversation includes a general discussion of economic mobility in the United States along with a critique of Chetty and others work on the power of neighborhood to determine one's economic destiny.
Past episode with James Heckman: https://www.econtalk.org/james-heckma...

Links and transcript for this episode: https://www.econtalk.org/james-heckma...

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