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In the new co-authored book Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy, three legal scholars take a look at the state of women’s progress — and the lack thereof.

The book asserts that the system of winner-take-all that governs our economy is the root cause of these issues by self-selecting for aggressive, cutthroat business tactics that sideline women. The authors refer to this as a feedback loop known as “the triple bind”: if women don’t compete on the same terms as men, they lose; if women do compete, they’re punished more harshly; and when women see that they can’t win on the same terms as men, they often remove themselves from consideration entirely.

Co-authors June Carbone and Nancy Levit join us at Town Hall to discuss how with awareness and collective action, we can build a truly just economy for all.