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Trekonomics Teaser Clip: 95% of the Way to Replicator for Basic Foodstuffs

Manu Saadia, the author of the forthcoming book, Trekonomics, discusses the economic theories behind the creation of the Star Trek with J. Bradford DeLong, professor of Economics at UC Berkeley and former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Treasury. Inkshares’ Adam Gomolin is the moderator:

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Trekonomics Teaser Clip: 95% of the Way to Replicator for Basic Foodstuffs

August 19, 2015

August 19, 2015

U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

U.S. income and wealth inequality are no longer increasing, but a return to the equitable levels of the mid-20th century isn’t likely anytime soon