This hour, we鈥檙e talking about lotteries. How did this massive money redistribution game come to be? And we know that lotteries can randomly allocate cash prizes to ticket buyers 鈥� but could they also pick our political officials? Or the victims of our human sacrifice rituals to ensure that 鈥渃orn be heavy soon鈥�?
GUESTS:
- Jonathan D. Cohen: Historian and author of
- Alex Guerrero: Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and author of the forthcoming book, 鈥淟ottocracy: The Case for Democracy without Elections鈥�
- Ruth Franklin: Book critic and author of the award-winning biography
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Colin McEnroe, Stacey Addo, Lily Tyson, and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired on August 23, 2023.
