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How to End Zero-Sum Thinking (Heather McGhee)

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Elise Loehnen
Nov 18, 2021
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Heather McGhee is a designer of, and advocate for, solutions to inequality in America. We discuss her New York Times bestselling book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, in which she seeks to push us all past zero-sum thinking, or the id…

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