New research on how to reduce poverty, and the Boston gym doing it24:57

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Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty talks about his new research, which used data from over 70 million Facebook accounts. His findings suggest that friendships between people of high and low socioeconomic status is key to reducing poverty.

Then, Jon Feinman and Bobby Fullard from InnerCity Weightlifting talk about their gym in Boston that facilitates those same cross-class friendships.