Americans nowadays don’t agree on much, but most have one thing in common: disappointment in their government and the direction of the country. According to University of Chicago Professor James Robinson, who jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics this year, a lot of this discontentment can be tied back to economic inequality and a perception that economic gains of the past few decades haven’t substantially improved normal people’s lives. Plus, an update on Boeing as striking machinists reject the company’s latest offer in ongoing labor negotiations.

Aired October 24, 2024

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