Mexico: Viri Rios Challenges Economic Myths in New Book

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
PROGRAM #10486 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition.

A conversation with scholar Viri Rios about her latest book, “Así no es. Don’t believe everything you hear about meritocracy, the middle class, classism, wages, and income.” In her new book, Rios seeks to debunk common myths about labor, fiscal and development policies through data analysis and investigative journalism. “Are the poor poor because they want to be? Are young people lazier than before and that’s why they earn less? Do those who receive social programs spend them on nonsense? Do the states in the north work more than those in the south?,” those are some of the uncomfortable questions discussed in the book.

Guest: Viridiana Rios, Mexican Writer, Scholar and Journalist, Lecturer at Harvard Summer School, Mexico City, MX.

Photo: Viri Rios/X

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