Heard Tell Episode: Those Pesky Details

Debating Intent: Minimum Wage, Rent Control, Universal Healthcare, & Wealth Tax w/ Benjamin Ayanian

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Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking to our returning friend Benjamin Ayanian about the difference between the what folks want to happen with policy proposals and how real world factors like economics, politics, and human nature change the ideal theories and best intentions into daunting challenges. Benjamin is the author of the book "Beyond Intentions" which covers many such policies, and we take time to have a grown folk talk about such popular debates as minimum wage, rent control, universal healthcare, and wealth tax.

All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.

00: Intro/ Problems with Talking Policy in Internet Age

09:05 Minimum Wage

23:25 Rent Control

30:20 Universal Healthcare

55:25 Wealth Tax