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# Economics, Class and the Family, with Dr. Diane Schanzenbach
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/economics-class-family-dr-diane-schanzenbach/
- Published: 2019-02-05T11:29:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T19:52:25.000Z
- Description: Economics, Class and the Family, with Dr. Diane Schanzenbach
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Fidelity

Tucker Carlson [recently went on a rant about work, economics and class](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSuQ-AyiicA&ref=mereorthodoxy.com). So we brought on an expert to talk about it, and about the place of family and the church in responding to shifting economic conditions. [Dr. Diane Schanzenbach](https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/faculty-experts/fellows/schanzenbach.html?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), an economist and Director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University, joins us for a very lively and important conversation. Don't miss this one. (Really.)

For more about [Dr. Schanzenbach's understanding of work and economics, please see her article here](https://www.wheaton.edu/media/wheaton-center-for-faith-politics-and-economics/Spring-2018-nwslttr-rev.pdf?ref=mereorthodoxy.com). See also [Brad Wilcox and Samuel Hammond's article on the matter as well](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/tucker-carlson-was-right-about-working-class-family/579754/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).

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