{"id":977,"date":"2026-07-30T11:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/?p=977"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:51:50","slug":"por-que-importa-la-desigualdad-terrenal-en-vivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trees.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/blog\/por-que-importa-la-desigualdad-terrenal-en-vivo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Inequality Matter? | Terrenal Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of Terrenal, recorded live at the Universidad de los Andes, Andr\u00e9s Caro and Andr\u00e9s Mej\u00eda speak with Juan Camilo C\u00e1rdenas and Leopoldo Fergusson, full professors in the School of Economics at the Universidad de los Andes and co-directors of TREES, about the different forms that inequality takes in Colombia and why it should matter to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation touches on the role of merit and opportunity, educational segregation, discrimination based on accent, the weakness of Colombia\u2019s fiscal pact, and the relationship between inequality, power, and polarization. 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