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Is the U.S. a gerontocracy?

Make Me Smart

Dec 04, 2025

19 min

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The average age of Congress' members has gotten older compared to the Americans it represents. This 119th Congress is the third oldest since 1789. On today’s show, Princeton economist Owen Zidar joins Kimberly to explain how decades of public policy have fueled a generational wealth gap and what ...

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