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Deborah Lehr

Straight Talk with Hank Paulson

Melissa Kearney on Social Mobility and Divergent Family Structure

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Paulson Institute Nature’s Ledger explores how business and conservation can work together for a sustainable and prosperous future. Host Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the Paulson Institute, speaks with inspiring guests to spotlight people, projects, and solutions that prove nature is an asset we can’t afford to lose. Grounded in the belief that valuing nature is key to resilient economies, the podcast shares bold ideas and real-world actions to regenerate the planet.
Hank welcomes Melissa Kearney (Director of The Aspen Economic Strategy Group and Economics Professor at the University of Maryland) to the podcast to discuss her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege, which explores the rise of single-parent households and the benefits two-parent homes provide for children. Kearney looks at widening inequality, eroding social mobility, divergent family structure, and why marriage is so important for children. They talk about potentially controversial takes in the book, the social and economic reasons for declining marriage rates, and the importance of investing in America’s youth. Melissa Kearney previously appeared on the second season of Straight Talk with Hank Paulson, stream that episode here.  

Host

Henry M. Paulson Jr.

Henry M. Paulson Jr.

Founder and Chairman | Paulson Institute

Henry M. Paulson, Jr., is a business leader, conservationist, statesman, and author who is the founder and chairman of the Paulson Institute and executive chairman of TPG Rise Climate. He served as the 74th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009, where he led the response to the...
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Episode Guest

Melissa Kearney

Director | The Aspen Economic Strategy Group and Economics Professor at the University of Maryland

Melissa Schettini Kearney is an American economist who is the Gilbert F. Schaefer Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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