Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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An Upside to NYC’s Inequality
Greg David, director of the business and economics reporting program at The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and Crain's New York Business columnist, and Cara Eisenpress, contributing writer for Crain's New York Business, talk about their deep dive into NYC's generous social safety net for the 20 percent of residents below the poverty line, and its extreme wealth that helps fund the programs.