Podcasts Government AEI Podcast Channel The Deep Dive with John Lettieri: Scott Winship on Social Capital, and Why Race and Place Matter in Achieving the American Dream

The Deep Dive with John Lettieri: Scott Winship on Social Capital, and Why Race and Place Matter in Achieving the American Dream

Published: June 25, 2020, 3:30 p.m.


\nIn the inaugural episode of The Deep Dive, host John Lettieri sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with Scott Winship, one of the country\u2019s leading experts on economic mobility and inequality, who serves as Executive Director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Scott and John discuss the latest research on social capital in the United States, the persistence of the \u201copportunity gap\u201d between black and white children, and how place exerts a profound influence over a child\u2019s life outcomes.  
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\nScott Winship, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee. At JEC, he leads the Social Capital Project for Senator Mike Lee (R-UT). Winship is widely published and has worked previously at the Manhattan Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Follow him on Twitter @swinshi.