How Washington Works in the New Gilded Age | David Wessel

In Episode 213, Demetri Kofinas speaks with David Wessel, senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and author of “Only the Rich Can Play: How Washington Works in the New Gilded Age.” Wessel tells the story of the creation of a new set of lucrative tax breaks known as “Opportunity Zones” and what their passage into law tells us about how financial and political power is wielded in Washington.