![An image of a food delivery driver on a bicycle](/sites/default/files/styles/full_height_banner/public/2022-08/delivery-driver-on-bike.jpg?itok=kNbnbJA5)
In our first episode of 2021 we speak with Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton about inequality, poverty and welfare.
Listen now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Soundcloud | Acast | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS
For many, inequality has become the dominant lens through which to understand our society. The coronavirus crisis and political upheavals in the US and UK have shone a harsh light on the increasing inequalities we face, and prove that not everyone is affected equally.
In our first episode of 2021, we speak with Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton, Professor of Economics at Princeton University and leading expert on inequality, poverty and welfare. He also chairs Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review, our multi-year study into inequality in the modern world, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Host
![Paul Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-11/Paul%20J%202022%20Official%20portrait_0.jpg?itok=JAN23N1X)
Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
Participants
![Angus Deaton](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Angus%20Deaton.jpg?itok=uIZ70sP9)
Research Associate Princeton University
Angus is the Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Emeritus and Senior Scholar at Princeton University.
Podcast details
- Publisher
- IFS
More from IFS
Understand this issue
![Child drawing](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-04/child-drawing_0.jpg?itok=Qq8x74st)
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away
15 April 2024
![Nice houses with city in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2023-12/nice-houses-with-city-in-background_0.jpg?itok=TDx-TwSe)
Social mobility and wealth
12 December 2023
![Row of terraced houses](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2023-07/Row-of-terraced-houses.jpg?itok=V4XeVn72)
How important is the Bank of Mum and Dad?
15 December 2023
Policy analysis
![Shopping street](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-06/Street-scene-.jpg?itok=R39cR6Xp)
How do the last five years measure up on levelling up?
19 June 2024
![Mother with sons](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-06/Mother-with-sons.jpg?itok=YhJmjOrZ)
The two-child limit: poverty, incentives and cost
17 June 2024
![Terrace housing](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-06/terrace%20housing%20feature.jpg?itok=eloSiGLE)
Making mortgage guarantees permanent will help some first-time buyers, but only if they can afford a bigger mortgage
6 June 2024
Academic research
![Fiscal Studies - 2024 - June cover](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2024-06/Fiscal%20Studies%20-%202024%20-%20-%20June%20cover.jpg?itok=mQEwRc_w)
Income inequality in Ireland, 1987–2019
28 June 2024
![Fiscal Studies - 2024 - June cover](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2024-06/Fiscal%20Studies%20-%202024%20-%20-%20June%20cover.jpg?itok=mQEwRc_w)
Components of the evolution of income inequality in Sweden, 1990–2021
28 June 2024
![Working Paper Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2024-04/WP202416-Police-infrastructure-police-performance-and-crime-evidence-from-austerity-cuts_Page_01.jpg?itok=4yEV5Ya8)
Police infrastructure, police performance, and crime: Evidence from austerity cuts
24 April 2024