Nelson D. Schwartz, author of The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business, joins us to discuss the emerging caste system in America surrounding consumerism, how this has contributed to socio-political divisions within our society, and what can be done on a cultural level to alleviate inequalities, perceived or otherwise, within the population.

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