# Is Inequality the Problem?

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Podcast: [The Argument](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944)
Published: 2025-12-01T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theargumentmag.com/s/the-argument-podcast
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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...

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