Economist, Harvard University
Raj Chetty is a prominent economist known for his work on economic mobility and the geographic disparities in opportunity in the United States.
Research shows children born in affluent neighborhoods earn 50% more than those from poor ones by adulthood — and that gap starts with a ZIP code. Raj Chetty, Sarah Smarsh, and Elizabeth Kneebone debate whether geography is still destiny, and what it would actually take to break the link between birthplace and potential.
