{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Is Inequality the Problem?","description":"Rising income inequality hurts democracy, health, happiness, and basically anything you can think of … right? Sociologist Lane Kenworthy doesn't think so. In his new book Is Inequality The Problem? Kenworthy argued that inequality is overrated as “the” cause of our problems — and discussed why the data pushes him toward a different set of priorities. Host Jerusalem Demsas is skeptical. Together, they dig into happiness, health, and populism, and they discuss why expanding the social wel...","author_name":"The Argument","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5173020-the-argument","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43734845/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}