{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4d641cbd-af7c-4475-81e8-c6a118bde4ee/c3aec1c0-66a2-46e0-971e-ea39f1d123e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Economist Asks: Darren Walker","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9db97874249/62e286c27ca7a10012e44475.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The coronavirus pandemic has widened <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/06/03/the-grim-racial-inequalities-behind-americas-protests?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fed%2Fauto?utm_campaign=economist-asks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">inequality in America</a> but has also supercharged charitable giving. Host Anne McElvoy asks Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, whether philanthropy can help save the American Dream. Will companies that proclaim the new era of \"<a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2010/04/22/a-new-idolatry?utm_campaign=economist-asks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">stakeholder capitalism</a>\" actually sideline their shareholders? And as the number of <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/06/16/confederate-statues-are-being-torn-down-across-america?utm_campaign=economist-asks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">empty plinths</a> grows, which forgotten heroes deserve to fill them?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}