Why Politicians Keep Getting It So Wrong

Every Political and Economic debate about poverty and inequality goes the same way.

Left says redistribute. Right says grow grow grow. Round and round.

Why is it so endlessly circular - and why does nothing ever actually get fixed? One reason could be that there's an entire category of evidence that never makes it into the room

We account for bias in medicine, law, and aviation. We just don't do it in economic policy. This video is about why that has to change.

Sources mentioned:
Keltner, D. - The Power Paradox
Kraus, M.W. et al. - Social class, solipsism, and contextualism
Mirror neuron / wealth research - Sukvinder Obhi

I’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.

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