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Excited about tonights show, not just because of the important impeachment news ground that we have to cover tonight, but because at the end of this hour i am going to be in superfan mode because we are going to be joined by this years cowinner of the nobel prize in economics whose work is already in the center of the democratic president ial campaign. Even if many of the candidates dont realize that. The nobel prize in economics was not established until 1969, and when i became an economics maj...

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Only one woman had won a nobel prize in economics. and now, there are two. this year, esther duflo is the co-winner of the nobel prize in econom economics for her real-world study of how economics really works in real peoples lives. and how that knowledge can be used to improve the economic lives of more people. in an echo of esther duflo last week, bill gates gave voice to one of her important findings. that contradicts much political talk about taxation. >> we can raise taxes in a lot of ways....

Had 70% taxation rates. >> joining us now is mit economics professor esther duflo. this years co-winner of the nobel prize in economics. her book is "good economics for hard times" co-authored with her husband who is also the co-winner of this years nobel prize in economics. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> it mustve been so exciting for you and your husband. first husband-wife team in get the prize in nobel economics. getting that call e...

But he said that the thing that he would value most in a candidate is what he called a professional approach to the presidency. the audience started to laugh because obviously donald trump has the least professional approach to the presidency in history, and everyone in the room knew bill gates was saying in effect he would vote for the democrat no matter who it is. bill gates is one of the few billionaires who agrees with our next guest that billionaires are undertaxed. ester duflo is this year...