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May 2020
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#202 — A Conversation with Andrew Yang

SAM HARRIS
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Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Yang about the Covid-19 pandemic. They discuss the future of the middle class, Andrew's experience campaigning for President, the need to build new digital infrastructure, universal basic income (UBI), concerns about the Biden's age and #MeToo allegation, hostility between the United States and China, problems with the global supply chain, concerns about social cohesion, market failures, and other topics.

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