{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"IRP Book Talk: Zach Parolin on \u201cPoverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19\u201d","description":"In his new book, Dr. Zachary Parolin explores three perspectives on poverty\u2014poverty as a risk factor, poverty as an expression of access to current resources, and poverty as a stratifying factor\u2014and how they affected people during the COVID-19 pandemic. He advocates for policy approaches that will both prepare us for the next large-scale economic disruption and provide timely assistance when upheaval occurs, and makes the case for more frequent, and more nuanced poverty measures. Zach Parolin is an Assistant Professor of Social Policy at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and a Senior Research Fellow at Columbia University\u2019s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. His new book, \u201cPoverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19,\u201d was published by the Russell Sage Foundation. ","author_name":"Poverty Research &amp; Policy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.irp.wisc.edu\/resource_type\/podcast\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27969993\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/160145901"}